The hockey team Indian made excellent performances in Asian games and played in China. After defeating Uzbekistan 16-0 in 1st match, the Indian team thrashed the Singapore team 16-1 in the match pool on Tuesday. The Harman Preet Singh captain scored well with 4 goals in a match, whereas Mandeep Singh scored a hat trick. After a disappointing performance in 1st quarter, the Indian team put all their strength and took the lead over the Singapore team to 6-0 by halftime. In these Asian games, Mandeep scored 2 goals, whereas Gurjant, Lalit, Vivek and Sumit scored 1 goal. In 2nd half, India showed who is boss by scoring 5 more goals in 3rd quarter.
The Hockey Indian team is in a strong position.
The victory of the Indian hockey team improves their dominance in ongoing Asian games. It is a confident hockey team that launched an Asian campaign on a top-level note. They ranked 3rd in the world, defeated Uzbekistan 16-0 in the opening match and followed up with a-sided whitewash of the Singapore team.
India start slow
Mohammad Zaki bin Zulkarnain scored the only aim for the Singapore team in the 53rd minute. Indian team started playing slowly but prevailed in ball control. The whole game took place in the Singapore team circle, and the Indian goalkeeper remained a mute spectator again.
Next match with Japan
In the 1st match of the tournament, India defeated Uzbekistan 16-0. It was again a mismatched match for world number 3 India. Here, the Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist, Singapore, ranked at 49th position, according to world rankings. Now, India has to play defending champion Japan in an ongoing league match of Pool A on September 28. For India, Mandeep scored 3 goals, Harmanpreet scored 4 goals, Varun Kumar scored 2 goals, Abhishek scored 2 goals, Gurjant Singh, VS Prasad, Lalit Upadhyay, Manpreet Singh, and Shamsher Singh scored 1 goal.
Ongoing matches
The team of Harmanpreet Singh face champions who defends the Japan on 28 September. After that, there will be a fierce rival match against Pakistan on September 30. They conclude in form of game campaign with a match against Bangladesh team on 2 October.
8 out of 22 penalty corners make a goal
According to the Asian Games 2023 reports, the Indian team played better in 2nd quarter and scored 5 goals in a row. At the start of the 2nd quarter, Lalit doubled the lead of India. Gurjant scored the 3rd goal in the 21st minute. Vivek Sagar Prasad scored 4th goal for India in the minute. Harmanpreet Singh scored the penalty in another minute and made the score 5-0. In halftime, Mandeep head to Amit Rohidas’s flick-in goal at a penalty corner. Manpreet Singh extended the lead of India in the 37th minute by scoring a goal from the flick of Harmanpreet. Then, Harman Preet Singh converted two penalty corners into goals. With this, the Indian team got 22 penalty corners in the match but only scored 8 goals.
Conclusion
In the Asian Games 2023, Harmanpreet Singh and Mandeep Singh of the Indian team applied hat tricks, played as strong contenders, and defeated the Singapore team 16-1 on Tuesday in a hockey event Asian Games.
