Indian men thrash Singapore 16-1 to pick up their second consecutive win in men’s hockey
The drag-flicker converted penalty corners in the 39th, 40th and 42nd minutes to complete his hat-trick after opening his account with a goal in the 24th minute of the Pool A encounter at the GSP Hockey Stadium here.
HANGZHOU: Skipper Harmanpreet Singh scored four goals including a hat-trick as the Indian men’s team thrashed Singapore 16-1 to pick up their second consecutive win in men’s hockey competition at the 19th Asian Games here on Tuesday.
The drag-flicker converted penalty corners in the 39th, 40th and 42nd minutes to complete his hat-trick after opening his account with a goal in the 24th minute of the Pool A encounter at the GSP Hockey Stadium here.
In the match, Indian Men’s Hockey Team forward Abhishek, who was named in the starting XI, also completed his 50 International Caps.
Mandeep Singh (12', 30', 51') also scored a hat-trick while Abhishek (51', 52'), and Varun Kumar (55', 55') scored a brace each. Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (16'), Gurjant Singh (22'), Vivek Sagar Prasad (23'), Manpreet Singh (37'), and Shamsher Singh (38'), scored a goal each for India, who led 6-0 at half-time. Zaki Zulkarnain (53') scored the lone consolation for Singapore. IANS
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