Chennai

Hockey Maharashtra edged out Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu 2-0 in the shootout to seal a spot in the last-four stage. The Round-of-8 fixture had ended 2-2 in regulation time. The in-form S Karthi (46’ & 48’) struck twice within a span of three minutes in the final quarter for Tamil Nadu, while Pratap Kishanrao Shinde (8’) and skipper Taleb Shah (60’) made it to the scorecard for Maharashtra. It was Taleb’s strike in the final minute of normal time that forced a shootout in the knockout contest.