Rising to the occasion, a young India Men’s hockey qualified for the Super 4 stage of the Asia Cup after beating hosts Indonesia 16-0 on Thursday.
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The massive win not only propelled India to the knockout stage of the tournament, but also closed the doors for Pakistan.
India needed to beat Indonesia by a margin of 15-0 or more to make it to the next round, and defending champions Deepsan Tirkey, who scored five goals, and Sudev Belimagga, who voiced the board thrice, performed brilliantly. did.
India and Pakistan both finished on four points each behind Japan in Pool A, but the holders qualified for Super 4 on the basis of better goal difference (1).
Pakistan had lost 2-3 to Japan earlier in the day.
The result not only knocked Pakistan out of the tournament but also dashed their hopes World From cup qualification onwards, only the top three teams here will be given tickets to the big event.
India, being the host, will play the World Cup at the end of the year and hence Hockey India decided to send young players to perform in this tournament.
Experienced SV Sunil, Pawan Rajbhar and Karthi Selvam scored a goal each, while Uttam Singh and Neelam Sanjeev Zess scored a goal each.
With the odds against them, India started on an aggressive note and fired their first shot on goal in the seventh minute but Uttam Singh, who had only the goalkeeper, widened Maninder Singh’s feed.
In the 10th minute, Rajbhar broke the chain with a powerful shot from the top of the circle.
Rajbhar doubled India’s lead a minute later by rebounding from the team’s first penalty corner.
A minute before the first quarter, India extended their lead through Uttam, who was in just the right place in time to tap home.
India continued their attacking instincts and secured another penalty corner in the 19th minute, which Sunil scored after recovering from a miss-stop.
A minute later, the Indians earned one penalty corner after another, the second of which was scored by Neelam Sanjeev Zess to make the score 5–0.
In the 24th minute, Sunil removed Karthi Selvam’s pass from the nearby post to make it 6-0.
After a change of ends, Uttam missed another opportunity as he shot a wide from close range only to beat the Indonesian goalkeeper.
Minutes later, India secured their seventh penalty corner but Junius Rumaropen once again made a double save.
In the 40th minute, Selvam tapped after a brilliant set up by Rajbhar, who dodged three-four Indonesian defenders with his stickwork and strong play.
India scored three consecutive penalty corners and Deepson kept the team’s hopes alive with a goal from the last.
Dipson scored the second goal in the 42nd minute from a penalty stroke.
The Indians got two more penalty corners but Deepson stumbled on both the occasions.
Belimagga then scored two goals in the space of two minutes before Deepson converted India’s 14th penalty corner 12-0 to complete his hat-trick.
The Indians then earned a handful of penalty corners but the begging opportunity was gone.
Tirkey then converted a penalty corner in the 47th minute before Sudev scored from a rebound from the second set-piece, five minutes from Hooters.
Desperate for goals, the Indians attacked with the numbers and their move came to fruition when Karthi Selvam scored from a field effort. Tirkey converted two more penalty corners in the last minute of the game to extend India’s stop in the tournament.
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