BHUBANESWAR: Favourites India demolished hapless Russia 10-Zero in their opening fit of the FIH Series Finals hockey event to begin their 2020 Olympics qualification campaign on a rousing word on Thursday.
Drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh (32nd, 48th) and striker Akashdeep Singh (41st, 55th mins) scored a brace each for India, while Nilkanata Sharma (13th), Simranjeet Singh (19th), Amit Rohidas (20th), Varun Kumar (33rd), Gursahibjit Singh (38th) and Vivek Sagar Prasad (45th) have been the other goal-getters for the home crew within the lop-sided Pool A come across.
India will play Poland in their 2d pool fit on Friday.
Even regardless that their goal was never threatened as soon as within the first two quarters, the Indians have been sluggish to get off the blocks, especially towards a facet which is ranked 22nd on the earth.
The Indian forwardline seemed just a little complacent within the first part because it failed to finish off the strikes on quite a couple of events.
But still it was one-way site visitors as India controlled the lawsuits from the word cross.
As early as the third minute, India earned back-to-back penalty corners however both went in vain with Harmanpreet placing the top upright of the Russian goal in the second effort.
It took global no. five India 13 mins to break the deadlock when Nilkanta deflected in Akashdeep Singh's push from top of the D.
Seconds later Nilkanta was as soon as again within the thick of items however his take a look at from top of the circle was saved by means of Russian goalkeeper Marat Gafarov.
India doubled their lead within the 19th minute thru Simranjeet who scored from a rebound after Sumit's reverse hit was saved by means of the Russian goalie.
A minute later India secured their third penalty corner and Rohidas made no mistake in slotting the ball house to hand his side a Three-Zero lead.
The hosts secured any other short corner before the midway ruin however did not utilise it.
But the Indians modified equipment after pass over and toyed with the Russian defence to score targets at will.
Harmanpreet and Varun first transformed two penalty corners in consecutive mins before Gursahibjit and Akashdeep scored two field targets within the 38th and 41st mins respectively.
Young Prasad also registered his name within the rating sheet before Harmanpreet sounded the board again from a penalty corner.
Akashdeep scored his 2d goal of the day 5 mins from the final hooter to complete the rout.
Chief trainer Graham Reid stated he was pleased with the Indian crew's performance however not glad.
"I am happy with our performance today but we can do much better. We would have liked to score more goals in the first two quarters. A coach can never be satisfied," the Australian stated after the fit.
"It is difficult to judge performance against a team like Russia," he added.
India captain Manpreet Singh agreed together with his trainer.
"We got a lot of scoring chances and our finishing too was very good. But we need to avail more of the chances that come our way," he stated.
Drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh (32nd, 48th) and striker Akashdeep Singh (41st, 55th mins) scored a brace each for India, while Nilkanata Sharma (13th), Simranjeet Singh (19th), Amit Rohidas (20th), Varun Kumar (33rd), Gursahibjit Singh (38th) and Vivek Sagar Prasad (45th) have been the other goal-getters for the home crew within the lop-sided Pool A come across.
India will play Poland in their 2d pool fit on Friday.
Even regardless that their goal was never threatened as soon as within the first two quarters, the Indians have been sluggish to get off the blocks, especially towards a facet which is ranked 22nd on the earth.
The Indian forwardline seemed just a little complacent within the first part because it failed to finish off the strikes on quite a couple of events.
But still it was one-way site visitors as India controlled the lawsuits from the word cross.
As early as the third minute, India earned back-to-back penalty corners however both went in vain with Harmanpreet placing the top upright of the Russian goal in the second effort.
It took global no. five India 13 mins to break the deadlock when Nilkanta deflected in Akashdeep Singh's push from top of the D.
Seconds later Nilkanta was as soon as again within the thick of items however his take a look at from top of the circle was saved by means of Russian goalkeeper Marat Gafarov.
India doubled their lead within the 19th minute thru Simranjeet who scored from a rebound after Sumit's reverse hit was saved by means of the Russian goalie.
A minute later India secured their third penalty corner and Rohidas made no mistake in slotting the ball house to hand his side a Three-Zero lead.
The hosts secured any other short corner before the midway ruin however did not utilise it.
But the Indians modified equipment after pass over and toyed with the Russian defence to score targets at will.
Harmanpreet and Varun first transformed two penalty corners in consecutive mins before Gursahibjit and Akashdeep scored two field targets within the 38th and 41st mins respectively.
Young Prasad also registered his name within the rating sheet before Harmanpreet sounded the board again from a penalty corner.
Akashdeep scored his 2d goal of the day 5 mins from the final hooter to complete the rout.
Chief trainer Graham Reid stated he was pleased with the Indian crew's performance however not glad.
"I am happy with our performance today but we can do much better. We would have liked to score more goals in the first two quarters. A coach can never be satisfied," the Australian stated after the fit.
"It is difficult to judge performance against a team like Russia," he added.
India captain Manpreet Singh agreed together with his trainer.
"We got a lot of scoring chances and our finishing too was very good. But we need to avail more of the chances that come our way," he stated.
FIH Series Finals: India maul hapless Russia 10-0 in opener
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