India on Saturday battered Pakistan to safe a powerful 10-2 win in hockey within the ongoing Asian Video games 2023 being held in Hangzhou, China.
The Males in Blue secured a two-goal lead within the first quarter, courtesy of their skipper Harmanpreet Singh and Mandeep Singh who scored one aim every. India dominated the second quarter to double their lead pushing the rating to 4-0.
With the match drifting away from their grasp, the Males in Inexperienced tried to bounce again and scored two objectives.
Nonetheless, India continued to search out the again of the online and scored three objectives adopted by three extra within the fourth and final quarter resulting in a powerful 10-2 victory over Pakistan.
For India, Harmanpreet scored 4 objectives, Varun Kumar two, whereas Mandeep, Sumit, Shamsher Singh, and Lalit Kumar Upadhyay scored one every.
Pakistan’s Mohammad Sufyan Khan and Waheed Rana Ashraf scored one every for the Inexperienced Shirts.
The Males in Inexperienced will now face Japan on October 2. Pakistan can nonetheless qualify for the semi-finals by drawing the match whereas Japan should have to win to succeed in the ultimate 4.
Earlier within the match, Pakistan of their second pool match triumphed over Bangladesh by securing a 5-2 win.
Earlier than that, the Inexperienced Shirts had a thumping begin to their journey within the Asian Video games as they received 11-Zero towards Singapore of their opening match.
Squad
Goalkeepers: Akmal Hussain, Abdullah Ishtiyaq Khan, Waqar, Ali Raza, and Abdullah Sheikh.
Defenders: Mohammad Abdullah, Arbaz Ahmad, Mohammad Sufyan Khan, Aqeel Ahmed, and Mohammad Bilal Aslam.
Midfielders: Usama Bashir, Mohammad Murtaza Yaqoob, Arbaz Ayaz, Ahtisham Aslam, Mohammad Baqar, Mohammad Nadeem Khan, Mohammad Imran and Syed Shehbaz Haider.
Forwards: Mohammad Imad, Afraz, Roman, Arshad Liaquat, Abdul Qayyum, Abdul Rehman (Wapda), Waqar Ali, Mohammad Arsalan, Mohammad Umar Bhat, Mohammad Shahzaib Khan, Abdul Wahab, Zikriya Hayat, Bisharat Ali, Rana Waleed, Hamza Fayaz and Abdul Rehman.