Skipper Harmanpreet Singh and Mandeep Singh slammed a hat-trick every as favourites India mauled lowly Singapore 16-1 to register their second consecutive win within the males’s hockey competitors on the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Tuesday.
Indian gamers after scoring a aim in opposition to Singapore throughout the males’s hockey match on the nineteenth Asian Games, in Hangzhou(PTI)
The Indians continued their goal-scoring spree after the 16-0 rout of Uzbekistan of their match opener as they discovered the web at will in opposition to world No.49 Singapore.
Harmanpreet (twenty fourth, thirty ninth, fortieth, forty second minutes) and Mandeep (twelfth, thirtieth, 51st), Abhishek (51st, 52nd), Varun Kumar (fifty fifth, fifty fifth), Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (sixteenth), Gurjant Singh (twenty second), Vivek Sagar Prasad (twenty third), Manpreet Singh (thirty seventh), Shamsher Singh (thirty eighth) have been the aim scorers for India.
India will subsequent face defending champions Japan on Thursday.
Unexpectedly, the Indians began on a relatively sedate word however utterly loved the ball possession.
The play was completely in Singapore’s half as India dominated the proceedings from the beginning.
India’s first likelihood got here within the sixth minute however Sukhjeet Singh’s shot was saved by Singapore goalkeeper Sandran Gugan.
India secured their first penalty nook within the subsequent minute however skipper Harmanpreet Singh’s flick was defended stoutly by the Singaporeans.
Two minutes later, Mandeep Singh earned India’s second penalty nook however once more Singapore goalkeeper Gugan made a terrific save along with his stretched proper leg to disclaim Harmanpreet.
India continued to assault and eventually broke the impasse within the twelfth minute when Mandeep directed into the aim an inch-perfect move from Gurjant Singh.
In the final two minutes of the the primary quarter, India secured as many as three extra penalty corners however wasted all.
In all, India secured 5 penalty corners within the first quarter however didn’t convert a single one.
After a not-so-impressive first quarter, India upped their sport within the subsequent quarter-hour and pumped in 5 targets.
India doubled their lead simply at first of the second quarter by means of Lalit, who discovered the highest proper nook of the web after being fed by Sukhjeet, who tricked a few defenders and turned 180 diploma to search out his teammate.
India loved the lion’s share of the possession however have been unable to search out openings within the last third.
India prolonged their lead within the twenty first minute by means of Gurjant. Mandeep, this time, turned supplier as he got here up with a cross from the left to search out Gurjant who stretched his persist with perfection to search out the again of the web.
A minute later, it was 4-0 in India’s favour when Vivek Sagar Prasad deflected in a Sumit shot from contained in the circle.
Harmanpreet lastly transformed a penalty nook for India within the very subsequent minute to make the scoreline 5-0.
Another set piece adopted quickly and India went for variation however Sanjay didn’t execute the trouble.
Just on the stroke of half-time, India secured one other penalty nook and this time Amit Rohidas’ flick was deflected in by a well-positioned Mandeep.
There was one other likelihood for India within the type of a penalty nook however but once more Harmanpreet fumbled as goalkeeper Gugan got here to Singapore’s rescue because the scoreline learn 6-0 on the midway break.
A minute after the change of ends, India secured their eleventh penalty nook however Harmanpreet flick went large of the aim.
India prolonged their lead within the thirty seventh minute by means of Manpreet, who was on the proper place to deflect in Harmanpreet’s flick from a penalty nook.
It was raining targets for India as they pumped in three extra in a span of three minutes with Harmanpreet discovering the web twice from penalty corners to register a hat-trick in his identify. The different aim was scored by Shamsher.
The goal-fest continued for India as they secured two extra fast penalty corners and Harmanpreet prolonged his tally with one more ferocious flick.
Out of the blue, Zaki Zulkarnain (53rd) scored a comfort aim for Singapore.
But targets continued to come back thick and quick for India as Varun transformed two consecutive penalty corners within the final 5 minutes of the match to finish the rout.
Penalty corners, although, continued to stay a priority for India as they transformed simply eight out of twenty-two secured within the match.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com
