Rising to the occasion, Indian men’s hockey crew scored six targets in the excellent quarter as they beat hosts Indonesia 16-0 to qualify to the following round of the Asia Cup.
India wished to bewitch the Pool A contest by as a minimal a 15-0 margin to qualify and the childhood delivered below stress.
Each and each India and Pakistan performed on four ingredients each and each in the team late Japan however the defending champions qualified for the Sizable 4s as a result of higher goal distinction (1).
Pakistan had misplaced 2-3 to Japan earlier in the day and India’s big victory no longer handiest pushed Pakistan out of the tournament however moreover dashed their hopes of constructing it to the 2023 World Cup, that can buy put in India.
Japan, Malaysia and South Korea are the different teams who made it to the Sizable 4s stage and so that they moreover qualified for the World Cup.
Dipsan Tirkey (5 targets) and Sudev Belimagga (three targets) shared eight targets between them, playing a key aim in crew’s important bewitch.
SV Sunil, Pawan Rajbhar and Karthi Selvam scored a brace each and each whereas Uttam Singh and Nilam Sanjeep Xess were the different scorers for India.
With odds stacked against them, India started on an attacking indicate and had the first disquieted at the goal in the seventh minute however Uttam Singh, who had handiest the goalkeeper to beat, would possibly well possibly no longer convert the chance.
In the 10th minute, Rajbhar scored the first goal with a fundamental shot from high of the circle. He doubled India’s lead a minute later by a rebound from the crew’s first penalty corner.
A minute from the first quarter, India extended their lead by Uttam, who used to be at the simply put at the simply time to tap home.
India persisted to attack and secured one more penalty corner in the 19th minute from which Sunil scored after they recovered from a miss-dwell. A minute later, India earned abet-to-abet penalty corners, the second of which used to be converted by Nilam Sanjeep Xess to assemble it 5-0.
In the 24th minute, Sunil deflected in Karthi Selvam’s pass from shut to put up to attain India’s sixth goal.
After the replace of ends, Uttam overlooked one more chance as she shot huge from shut differ with handiest the goalkeeper to beat. Minutes later, India secured their seventh penalty corner however Junius Rumaropen made a double put.
In the 40th minute, Selvam tapped in after he used to be situation by a vivid Rajbhar, who dodged past three defenders to construct the chance. India secured three consecutive penalty corners and Dipsan scored from the closing to support the crew’s hopes alive. He scored his second from the penalty stroke in the 42nd minute.
Sudev then scored two targets in a span of two minutes ahead of Dipsan accomplished his hat trick by converting India’s 14th penalty corner to assemble the scoreline 12-0.
India earned a handful of penalty corners thereafter however did no longer assemble it depend. Dipsan then converted a penalty corner in the 47th minute ahead of Sudev scored from a rebound from one more situation share, 5 minutes from the hooter.
Determined for targets, India attacked with numbers and their ploy bore fruit when Karthi Selvam scored a field goal. Dipsan converted two extra penalty corners in the excellent minute of the game to lengthen India’s cease in the tournament.
India will play Japan on Would possibly additionally 28 followed by the matches against Malaysia on 29th and South Korea on 31st.