Goals are a galore in the India-Canada Indian match today at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. Though India led by 4-0 at half time, Canada came back strongly in the second half. Both teams struck three goals a piece before India walked with the generous scoreline of the first half. Ten goals in a match must please any spectator.
Inbetween Varun Kumar’s first goal he thundered through a penalty corner in the 12th minute and youngster Nilakanta Sharma’s goal, which was the encounter’s last, in the 58th minute, Mandeep Singh posted an impressive hattrick, goals coming in ten minutes between 2oth and 29th minutes.
Other scorers for India were Amit Rohidoss (39th min) and Vivek Prasad in the 55th minute.
Mark Pearson opened the scoring for the losing team shortly after the resumption of play after lemon time where as Fin Boothroyd and James Wallace accounted for the rest.
Tomorrow is rest day for all the teams