Kakamigahara, September 22: Jugraj Singh scored four goals, and Abhishek and Dilpreet Singh hit hat-tricks as India beat Sri Lanka 16-1 in their second Pool A match of the Asian Games men’s hockey competition at Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium on Tuesday.
Eight Indian players got on the scoresheet, and India led 8-0 at half-time.
The result follows India’s 13-1 win over Indonesia in their opening match and leaves Harmanpreet Singh’s side top of Pool A with six points from two games.
Eight goals before half-time
Mandeep Singh opened the scoring in the fifth minute. Jugraj converted a penalty corner in the 10th minute, and Abhishek made it 3-0 a minute later.
Harmanpreet scored from a penalty corner in the 16th minute and Abhishek added his second soon afterwards. Jugraj struck from another penalty corner in the 22nd minute, before Sukhjeet Singh (29th) and Dilpreet (30th) scored just before the break.
Jugraj adds two penalty strokes
Manpreet Singh scored in the 31st minute and Vivek Sagar Prasad added a reverse-stick finish in the 36th. Dilpreet got his second in the 38th minute, Jugraj completed his hat-trick with a penalty stroke in the 42nd, and Harmanpreet made it 13-0 in the 45th.
Abhishek completed his hat-trick in the 49th minute. Suresh Rathnayake pulled one back for Sri Lanka a minute later, but Jugraj scored his fourth from another penalty stroke in the 53rd minute and Dilpreet completed his hat-trick in the 55th.
South Korea next
India play South Korea in their third Pool A match on Thursday, September 24, at 11.30am IST.
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