India beat Thailand 11-0 of their Girls’s Asia Cup opener with out injured Deepika. Udita stepped up with two objectives and an help. Magnificence Dungdung scored a hat-trick, Mumtaz Khan added two, as India put together for more durable matches forward.
India defeated Thailand 11-0 of their opening Pool B match on the Girls’s Asia Cup in Hangzhou on Thursday. The event additionally serves as a qualifier for the Girls’s Hockey World Cup, slated to start on August 15, 2026. Notably, India are ranked 20 locations above Thailand, however such a dominant efficiency wasn’t anticipated.
Coach Harendra Singh has been specializing in the method over outcomes since taking cost of the ladies’s crew, and the scoreline was not the principle takeaway. India performed with out their major goalscoring weapon, Deepika, who’s out of the event on account of harm. The impression of her absence is prone to be felt extra in upcoming matches, beginning with Japan on Saturday.
When India confronted Japan on the Asian Champions Trophy in Rajgir final 12 months, they gained 13-0. Deepika scored 5 objectives in that match, and Manisha Chauhan additionally contributed from a penalty nook. Neither participant is a part of the squad in Hangzhou. Udita, returning to the squad, stepped into the dragflicker’s position. She scored two objectives and assisted yet one more.
What occurred within the match?
India’s first 4 objectives had been from open play. Their first penalty nook got here 4 minutes earlier than halftime. Udita transformed the second PC, though the broadcaster lower to highlights and the objective was not proven dwell.
India additionally tried a number of variations on penalty corners. Neha took the third PC and hit the submit. Udita’s subsequent two makes an attempt had been blocked. On the sixth PC, Udita’s low slap was deflected in by Magnificence Dungdung. Suman Devi Thoudam took the seventh PC, with Mumtaz Khan getting the ultimate contact.
Udita then used an angle variation to beat the goalkeeper. The eleventh PC concerned a full rotation throughout the sphere, ending with Sharmila Devi scoring on the far submit. Magnificence scored a hat-trick. Mumtaz added two objectives. Sangita Kumari scored early, and Navneet Kaur was lively in open play.