The Indian males’s hockey group continued its dominant run on the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou with a 16-1 thrashing of Singapore on Tuesday within the Pool A sport.
The males in blue registered a thumping win over their opponents due to hattricks from skipper Harmanpreet Singh and Mandeep Singh. Varun Kumar and Abhishek netted a brace every.
Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Vivek Sagar, Gurjant Singh, Manpreet Singh, and Samsher Singh scored one within the drubbing win over their opponents.
The Indians continued their goal-scoring spree after the 16-0 rout of Uzbekistan of their event opener as they discovered the online at will in opposition to world No.49 Singapore.
India will subsequent face defending champions Japan on Thursday.
Unexpectedly, the Indians began on a quite sedate be aware 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 probability 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 together with his stretched proper leg to disclaim Harmanpreet.
India continued to assault and at last broke the impasse within the twelfth minute when Mandeep directed into the aim an inch-perfect go 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 initially of the second quarter by Lalit, who discovered the highest proper nook of the online 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 had been unable to search out openings within the closing third.
India prolonged their lead within the twenty first minute by 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 online.
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 hassle.
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 probability 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 extensive of the aim.
India prolonged their lead within the thirty seventh minute by 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 online twice from penalty corners to register a hat-trick in his title. 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 yet one more ferocious flick.
Out of the blue, Zaki Zulkarnain (53rd) scored a comfort aim for Singapore.
But targets continued to return 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.
(With Inputs From PTI)
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