A ruthless Indian women’s hockey team on Tuesday mauled a lowly Kazakhstan 21-0 to notch up their second biggest win at the Asian Games at Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Goals rained thick and fast in the Pool B match at the GBK Hockey Field with as many as 10 Indians out of 18, who took the field, entering their names in the scoresheet.<\/p>\n
Drag-flicker Gurjit Kaur, who had also scored a hat-trick in India’s 8-0 thrashing of Indonesia in their opening match, top-scored again with four goals in the eighth, 36th, 44th and 52nd minutes.<\/p>\n
Lalremsiami , Navneet Kaur and Vandana Katariya were the other three hat-trick scorers.<\/p>\n
Navjot Kaur , Lilima Minz , Neha Goyal , Udita , Deep Grace Ekka and Monika were the other goal scorers for India in the completely lop-sided match with Kazakhstan defending all through.<\/p>\n
India, who had won a bronze in the 2014 Asian Games, are currently ranked ninth while Kazakhstan are 34th in the latest FIH chart. India is the highest ranked team in the competition.<\/p>\n
Gurjit scored the first goal for India in the eighth minute as she sent a low and powerful shot to the Kazakhstan goalkeeper’s left.<\/p>\n
A minute later, India were 2-0 up as Lalremsiami connected a pass from Lilima Minz before Navneet struck her first goal two minutes later. India were 4-0 up in the 11th minute, with Navneet finishing off once again.<\/p>\n
India got their sixth goal of the game in the 18th minute off a penalty corner conversion by Lalremsiami.<\/p>\n
Just a minute before the end of the second period, India were 8-0 up with Vandana scoring with a superb shot. Lalremsiami added another one to complete her hat-trick at the stroke of half-time to make the scoreline 9-0.<\/p>\n
India added another 12 goals in the next two 15-minute periods to overwhelm their opponents.<\/p>\n
Since the Indian team has a three-day gap before they take on Korea on August 25, a very happy coach Sjoerd Marijne has granted the players an off-day tomorrow.<\/p>\n
India captain Rani Rampal, who did not play in today’s match due to a minor leg strain, said they would look to explore the city outside the Games Village and have some fun at a beach.<\/p>\n
“There’s nothing to do at the Games Village. We have a lot of time before the Korea game, so will have an off-day tomorrow,” said Rani, who assured that she will be fine before the next match.<\/p>\n
Marijne was more than happy with the performance of the players.<\/p>\n
“For me it’s not the goals which is important but the way we make the goals. I liked the behaviour. If you want to be a champion, you have to act like a champion. I did not see in the previous match, but today I saw it from the first minute to last minute and I am happy about that,” Marijne told reporters.<\/p>\n
“They make 21, 8 or 10 (goals), it does not matter to me. They have to be disciplined with passing, good positioning, the injection was good. We have to now concentrate on next match now.”<\/p>\n
“The Games Village is very small and you can’t do much. There is a beach closer by and I want to see them other environments. Next day we will train hard,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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