KAKAMIGAHARA (Japan): Indian eves dished out an all-round performance to stun China Four-1 and register their 2nd consecutive victory at the ladies's Asia Cup hockey match, right here on Monday.
Goals from Gurjit Kaur (19th minute), Navjot Kaur (32nd), Neha Goyal (49th) and skipper Rani Rampal (58th) enabled the Indians to stay their successful momentum in Pool A at Kakamigahara Kawasaki Stadium.
India had previous defeated Singapore 10-Zero in their match opener.
The Indians were fast to get off the blocks as they won a penalty nook within the first 15 minutes of the fit to put China at the back foot.
The first quarter ended in a stalemate after India wasted the chance.
But 4 minutes into the second quarter dragflick specialist Gurjit Kaur convert a ideal goal to provide India a 1-the lead.
Two minutes after the exchange of ends, India doubled their thru Navjot Kaur's field strike.
But a defensive error within the circle saw India concede a penalty nook within the 38th minute and the Chinese were fast to capitalise at the alternative and pulled one goal back thru Qiuxia Cui's a hit conversion.
Down through a goal, China driven hard in search of the equaliser within the final quarter but failed to wreck the resolute Indian defence.
The Indians made life more difficult for their warring parties when Neha Goyal found the back of the Chinese net with a variation from a suite piece to make the scoreline 3-1.
In the ultimate 10 minutes of the fit, each the groups traded penalty corners.
While India won two penalty corners and China secured one but each the perimeters failed to utilise the probabilities.
The action, then again, did not end there as skipper Rani scored a sensational field goal within the 58th minute to secure a commanding Four-1 win for India.
India will subsequent play Malaysia in their ultimate pool fit on Tuesday.
Goals from Gurjit Kaur (19th minute), Navjot Kaur (32nd), Neha Goyal (49th) and skipper Rani Rampal (58th) enabled the Indians to stay their successful momentum in Pool A at Kakamigahara Kawasaki Stadium.
India had previous defeated Singapore 10-Zero in their match opener.
The Indians were fast to get off the blocks as they won a penalty nook within the first 15 minutes of the fit to put China at the back foot.
The first quarter ended in a stalemate after India wasted the chance.
But 4 minutes into the second quarter dragflick specialist Gurjit Kaur convert a ideal goal to provide India a 1-the lead.
Two minutes after the exchange of ends, India doubled their thru Navjot Kaur's field strike.
But a defensive error within the circle saw India concede a penalty nook within the 38th minute and the Chinese were fast to capitalise at the alternative and pulled one goal back thru Qiuxia Cui's a hit conversion.
Down through a goal, China driven hard in search of the equaliser within the final quarter but failed to wreck the resolute Indian defence.
The Indians made life more difficult for their warring parties when Neha Goyal found the back of the Chinese net with a variation from a suite piece to make the scoreline 3-1.
In the ultimate 10 minutes of the fit, each the groups traded penalty corners.
While India won two penalty corners and China secured one but each the perimeters failed to utilise the probabilities.
The action, then again, did not end there as skipper Rani scored a sensational field goal within the 58th minute to secure a commanding Four-1 win for India.
India will subsequent play Malaysia in their ultimate pool fit on Tuesday.
Asia Cup: Indian eves beat China 4-1 in hockey
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October 30, 2017
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