Muscat, December 9
India 5-0 win over Malaysia: In the second match of Pool A of the Women’s Junior Asia Cup here, India maintained their winning streak and defeated Malaysia 5-0 with penalty corner specialist Deepika’s hat-trick. Deepika scored in the 37th, 39th and 48th minutes of the match while Vaishnavi Phalke (32nd minute) and Kanika Siwach (38th minute) scored one goal each to contribute to the Indian victory. Both the teams could not score any goals in the first half and India scored goals in the last two quarters.
India showed aggressive play from the beginning of the match and dominated but India could not score any goal. On this occasion, India also missed many opportunities to score goals. India got three consecutive penalty corners in the first quarter, which Deepika tried to convert into a goal, but Malaysian goalkeeper Noor Zainal did not allow the goals. On the other hand, Malaysia tried to break the defensive line of India with long passes, but the Indian players did not allow the Malaysian players to score.
It is worth mentioning that in the first match played yesterday, India had a winning start by defeating Bangladesh 13-1. In this match, India won this match due to four goals of Mumtaz Khan and three goals of Kanika Siwach and Deepika. Mumtaz scored goals in (27th, 32nd, 53rd, 58th), Kanika (12th, 51st, 52nd), Deepika (7th, 20th, 55th) minutes while Manisha, Beauty Dung Dung and vice-captain Sakshi Rana also scored one each. scored a goal