India rout Singapore 16-1 in Asiad hockey
Hangzhou, Sep 26 (UNI) The Indian men’s hockey team routed Singapore 16-1 in its second Asian Games 2023 Pool A match at the Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium here on Tuesday.
Mandeep Singh (12’, 30’, 51’), Lalit Upadhyay (16’), Gurjant Singh (22’), Vivek Sagar Prasad (23’), Harmanpreet Singh (24’, 39’,40’, 42’), Manpreet Singh (37’), Samsher Singh (38’), Abhishek (51’, 52’) and Varun Kumar (55’, 56’) scored in India’s huge win. Muhammad Zaki Bin Zulkarnain (53’) scored the consolation goal for Singapore.
With this win, three-time Asian Games champions India consolidated their position at the top of the Asian Games 2023 men’s hockey Pool A standings. The top two from each pool will make the semifinals.
India's men's hockey team, third in the FIH Rankings, registered a thumping 16-0 win over Uzbekistan, while Singapore suffered a massive 11-0 loss to Pakistan in their opening encounter.
With their talismanic captain Harmanpreet Singh returning to the playing XI after sitting out the Uzbekistan match, India went on the attack straight away, forcing world No. 49 Singapore to defend deep. India kept making inroads into the opponent’s half and opened the scoring with a field goal.
Mandeep Singh redirected a pass from Gurjant Singh to break the deadlock. The first quarter ended with India leading 1-0.
India doubled their lead minutes into the second quarter. Sukhjeet dribbled inside the Singapore half and passed it to an onrushing Lalit Upadhyay, who turned it in to make it 2-0 for India, OLympics.com reported.
Before Singapore could regroup from the early blows, India hammered in four more goals via Gurjant Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Harmanpreet Singh and Mandeep Singh, who scored his second goal of the match in the dying seconds of the first half. The score at the break read 6-0 in India’s favour.
After the break, India continued their domination and scored 10 more while Singapore pulled one back through Muhammad Zaki Bin Zulkarnain. Harmanpreet Singh scored four while Mandeep Singh notched up a hat-trick, his second in as many matches at Hangzhou 2023.
The Indian men’s hockey team will play defending Asian Games champions Japan next on Thursday.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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