Three goals by Prabhjot Singh gave Indian Oil Corporation [ Get Quote ] a 4-0 victory over Central Industrial Security Force in the quarter-final league in the Bombay Gold Cup hockey tournament at the Mahindra stadium in Mumbai [ Images ] on Saturday.

After opening IOC's acount in the third minute, the dashing India forward scored twice again in the 54th and 68th minute, after Bikramjit Singh had made the score 2-0 from a penalty-corner in the 24th minute, to complete the rout.

In the first match of the day, Karnataka [ Images ] staged a grand recovery, after trailing by a goal at half-time, to hold giant-killers Bhopal XI to a 2-all draw in another quarter-final league match.

Bhopal, who had ousted reigning champions Air India [ Images ] in the second round, drew first blood when centre-forward
Osaf-Ur-Rehman scored off an Asad Kamal pass in the fourth minute.

Though the Karnataka forwards toiled hard, forcing as many as four penalty-corners, Bhopal custodian A Aleem prevented them from scoring in the first-half.

The Bhopal side, which managed just one penalty-corner in the whole match, made it 2-0 following a counter attack when their centre half Amjad Khan [ Images ] scored off skipper Altaf-Ur-Rehman cross from the left flank.

The Karnataka forwards got the much needed break-through in the 53rd minute when their skipper and defender Rama Rao sounded the boards following their fifth penalty-corner.

The equaliser for Karnataka came seven minutes from the final hooter, when their inside-left A K Kaven converted the sixth penalty-corner.