India made place in Super-4. (pic Credit HI)
Ind vs Ina Hockey Team Match Report: The Indian team played an aggressive game in this match and scored consecutive goals but did not eat a single goal, as a result of which it got a ticket to the next round.
Indian men’s hockey team gave a strong performance on Thursday, defeating Indonesia 16-0 in the match of Asia Cup-2022. In this match, India definitely needed to win, that too by a big margin. India had to win this match by a margin of 15 goals, only then it could go to the next round. It was a very difficult task but India’s team adorned with young players, completing this seemingly impossible task with ease, won a one-sided victory against Indonesia by raining goals. India’s match against Pakistan was drawn 1-1. After this, Japan defeated him 5-2.
Showed dominance from the first quarter itself
India kept the pressure on Indonesia from the very first quarter in this match. The Indian forward line launched continuous attacks in his circle. Team India was also successful in this matter and scored three goals in the first quarter itself. Out of this, Pawan Rajbhar scored two goals. Pawan scored the first goal in the 10th minute of the match. A little ahead of the midline, the Indian player brought the ball straight into the circle and Pawan flicked it from the front of the goal and put it inside the net. After two minutes, India got a penalty corner. This shot was stopped by Rusher but Pawan put the ball into the goalpost on the rebound and made the score 2-0. In the 14th minute, Uttam Singh gave India a 3-0 lead. This time too, although the goalkeeper stopped the stroke on the penalty corner, but Uttam put pressure on Indonesia by scoring a goal on the rebound. India also missed a penalty corner in this quarter.
Sunil shines in second quarter
The team also has experience with the youthful spirit that was visible in the second quarter. SV Sunil scored the fourth goal for India in the 19th minute. India got a penalty corner here but the team messed up and could not collect the ball properly. In such a situation, the ball came back to the injector Sunil and he put it in the net. A minute later, Neelam Sanjeep scored a penalty corner to put India 5-0 ahead. Three minutes later, the Indian team made an opportunity from the left flank and the ball came to Sunil. Sunil did not make any mistake in scoring this time also.
so was the third quarter
India got a penalty corner in the 38th minute but this time again the Indonesian goalkeeper stopped the ball. India tried to score on the rebound which failed. However, India got the seventh goal in this quarter. Pawan Rajbhar sent the ball in front of the goalpost from the left flank and Karti Selvam, standing there, put the ball into the goal post with a light gesture of his hockey. This was Selvam’s first and India’s seventh goal. After this, India got some more penalty corners on which it missed but Dipsan Turkey scored in the 41st minute. The Indian team did not stop here. India got a penalty stroke in the 42nd minute and then India scored. This time also Dipsan scored the goal. India scored another goal in the last minute of this quarter. Abharan Sudev scored this goal.
in the fourth quarter
India started the fourth quarter very well and scored two goals in the opening minutes itself. Sudev scored the first goal and then Dipsan scored the next goal. The goal was scored on the penalty corner. After this Sudev completed his hat-trick by scoring in the 55th minute. In the next minute, Selvaman scored another goal to make India 14-0. From here, India needed another goal to go to the next round, which he scored in the 58th minute. Dipsan scored the 16th goal for India in the 59th minute. These are the most goals scored by a team in the current edition of this tournament.
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