Jr Asia Cup W: Rani 5 in India 13
Changzhou (China), 05 September 2015: Captain Rani Rampal struck five goals in India thrashing DPR Korea by 13-0 in the 7th Women’s Junior Asia Cup that kickstarted today.
Preeti Dubey drew first blood and slammed the ball past the goalkeeper in the 11th minute to open the score card by 1-0.
Jaspreet Kaur surged ahead and successfully converted a penalty corner in the 20th minute to take the lead to 2-0.
India kept on its attacking spree and struck the third goal through the field efforts of Navneet Kaur (24th min.)
Captain Rani entered her name in the 28th minute.
Indian girls did not stop here as Lily penetrated the opponents defence and smacked the fifth goal in the 31st minute which was closely followed by another field goal by Punam Barla. The first half of the game ended in favour of India who took the lead over DPR Korea by 6-0.
The second half continued with the same momentum as Indian eves dominated the match and maintained constant pressure on their rival.
Rani brilliantly struck a hat-trick through a beautiful series of field goals in the 43rd, 44th and 46th minutes and took the team’s score line to 9-0.
The Indian girls were seen in more action and energy as they efficiently managed to score the tenth goal in the 51st minute through brilliant stick work of Lilima Minz. DPR Korea made clever attempts to enter India’s inner circle but failed to open their score card and Indian eves added three more goals to their account in the 52nd, 64th and 70th minute respectively and defeated DPR Korea taking winning scores to 13-0.
The 7th Women’s Junior Asia Cup 2015 is a qualification tournament for the FIH Junior World Cup (Women) 2016. India’s next clash will be against Singapore on 6th September at 02.30 pm IST.