Kakamigahara [Japan], June 5 (ANI): The Indian junior girls’s hockey group got here from behind to defeat Malaysia 2-1 of their second sport of the Women’s Junior Asia Cup 2023 in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, Japan on Monday.
After Dian Nazeri (6′) scored a objective for Malaysia, Mumtaz Khan (10′) and Deepika (26′) netted a objective every to assist India win the sport and stay on high of Pool A.
While Malaysia targeted on holding possession, India have been on the assault from the get-go and that helped them win a few penalty corners early within the sport however they could not capitalise on them.
Malaysia switched to counter-attacking a couple of minutes into the sport, and it paid off instantly as Dian Nazeri (6′), who was standing unmarked within the D, scored a subject objective to offer her group the lead. However, a couple of minutes later, India bounced again within the sport as Mumtaz Khan (10′) scored an equaliser by a penalty nook because the opening quarter ended with the rating tied at 1-1.
Desperate to take a lead, India got here out all weapons blazing within the second quarter and the plan labored as Deepika (26′) received a penalty stroke and simply transformed it to place her group in entrance. Notably, the Indian group stored on attacking of their bid to increase the lead however the second quarter did not see any extra objectives as India went into the half-time break with a 2-1 lead.
The third quarter began in the identical vogue because the second as India continued to dominate the sport by holding the ball possession and troubling Malaysia’s protection rigorously. However, neither India, nor Malaysia have been capable of finding the again of the web within the third quarter, and it ended goalless with India holding a 2-1 lead.
Keen to keep up their benefit, India targeted on holding ball possession within the fourth quarter, whereas Malaysia upped their sport in an effort to discover the equaliser. However, Indian gamers began enjoying a bit extra aggressively to ensure that Malaysia spent most of their time in defence moderately than attacking and the technique paid dividends because the thrilling match ended 2-1 in favour of India.
The Indian Junior Women’s Hockey Team will subsequent play towards Korea of their third Pool A sport on Tuesday. (ANI)