New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): The Indian Junior Women’s Hockey Team kicked off their Women’s Junior Asia Cup 2023 marketing campaign in emphatic style as they defeated Uzbekistan 22-0 of their first sport of the match in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, Japan on Saturday.
The scorers for India had been Vaishnavi Vitthal Phalke (3′, 56′), Mumtaz Khan (6′, 44′, 47′, 60′), Annu (13′, 29′, 30′, 38′, 43′, 51′), Sunelita Toppo (17′, 17′), Manju Chorsiya (26′), Deepika Soreng (18′, 25′), Deepika (32′, 44′, 46′, 57′), and Neelam (47′).
India started the competition on the entrance foot; attacking Uzbekistan with regularity courtesy of which they had been capable of take an early lead within the sport as Vaishnavi Vitthal Phalke (3′) transformed a penalty nook, whereas Mumtaz Khan (6′) doubled the Indian crew’s lead moments later by scoring a area purpose. Annu (13′) added to the crew’s tally by netting a purpose because the opening quarter ended with India having a 3-0 lead.
The second quarter was no totally different than the primary as India continued to dominate the sport by protecting the ball possession and repeatedly attacking and it helped them lengthen their lead by an enormous margin as Sunelita Toppo (17′, 17′), Manju Chorsiya (26′), Deepika Soreng (18′, 25′), Anu (29′, 30′) netted targets to assist India go into the half-time break with a 10-0 lead.
Despite having a wholesome lead, the Indian crew had been exhibiting no indicators of slowing down within the third quarter and continued to dominate the proceedings with Deepika (32′) netting a purpose by a penalty nook, whereas Annu (38′, 43′) scored two extra targets to assist India take 13-0 lead. There could be extra to come back as India performed free-flowing hockey, and Mumtaz Khan (44′) and Deepika (44′) scored their respective second targets of the match, making it 15-0 by the top of the third quarter.
The Indian crew had been keen to attain extra targets and so they did exactly the identical by scoring three fast targets within the fourth quarter by Deepika (46′), Mumtaz Khan (47′), and Neelam (47′) to make it 18-0. However, that was not all as Annu (51′) scored off a penalty stroke, which was additionally her sixth purpose of the match, whereas Vaishnavi Vitthal Phalke (56′) netted her second purpose of the sport to make it 20-0 for India. A minute later, Deepika (57′) smashed dwelling her shot from a penalty nook following which Mumtaz Khan (60′) netted a purpose because the match ended 22-0 in favour of India.
The Indian Junior Women’s Hockey Team will subsequent play in opposition to Malaysia of their second Pool sport on fifth June. (ANI)