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  • Asian Games 2023: India beats Pakistan by record margin in hockey, avenges the defeat of 41 years ago

    Asian Games 2023: Captain Harmanpreet Singh scored four goals as the Indian hockey team defeated arch-rival Pakistan 10-2 in a one-sided match of Pool A of the Asian Games here on Saturday to secure a place in the semi-finals. This is India’s biggest win against Pakistan in terms of goal difference. Harmanpreet scored in the 11th, 17th, 33rd and 34th minutes while Varun Kumar scored two goals (41st and 54th). Mandeep Singh (8th), Sumit (30th), Shamsher Singh (46th) and Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (49th), playing his 150th international match, were the other players to score goals.

  • Asian Games: India’s great victory in hockey, Indian women’s hockey team defeated Singapore 13-0

    The Indian women’s hockey team performed brilliantly in the games and did not allow the Singapore players to stand in front of them. The Indian women’s team did not even give Singapore a chance to open its account. Indian young striker Sangeeta Kumari scored a brilliant hat-trick goal. Other players of the Indian women’s hockey team also performed brilliantly and took the team’s score to 13. Indian women’s hockey team defeated Singapore 13-1 in their first match of Pool A at the Asian Games. Defeated by 0. The Indian team scored eight goals in the first two quarters and five goals in the last two quarters. India, ranked seventh in the world ranking, was facing the 34th ranked team in the Pool A match.

    Indian team scored a goal at this time

    For the Indian team, which finished fourth in the Tokyo Olympics, Sangeeta scored three goals (23rd, 53rd, 47th minute) while Navneet Kaur scored two consecutive goals in the 14th minute. Deepika (11th), Sushila Chanu (8th), Udita (6th), Neha (19th), Deep Grace Ikka (17th), Salima Tete (35th), Vandana Kataria (56th) and Monica (52nd) scored the goals. The team could not even attack the Indian goal. The Singapore team surrendered before India.

    India now faces Malaysia

    After defeating the Singapore team badly in its first match, the Indian team will now face Malaysia on 29 September. Like Singapore, India will also try to tighten its grip on Malaysia. After today’s victory, India’s morale would have been completely boosted.

    It was a great performance and we are happy with it: Captain Savita Punia

    Captain Savita Punia said after the match, “It was a great performance and we are happy with it.” The young players showed excellent coordination with the seniors, which made our work easier. He said, “We are making strategies match by match.” Now our focus is on Malaysia. We have one day time in which we will watch Malaysia’s game and prepare against them. We also have Korea in our pool and they are a very good team. We will try to be on top of the pool.

    Indian team got the benefit of penalty corner

    India got many penalty corners in the first half, out of which five were scored. India took the lead in the sixth minute on Udita’s goal. Two minutes later, Sushila scored a goal on penalty stroke. Deepika tripled the lead by scoring a goal on the penalty corner. Navneet scored two consecutive goals within the 14th minute, the first of which was on penalty. Deep Grace scored the next goal on the penalty corner, after which Sangeeta scored a tremendous field goal. Neha gave India an 8-0 lead by converting the penalty corner. The same trend continued in the second half also. Singapore players definitely tried to control the Indians but India scored five goals.