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NEW DELHI: India started their Junior Women’s Hockey World Cup run with a one-sided result, moving implicit Namibia 13-0 successful their archetypal crippled connected Monday.Hina Bano and Kanika Siwach scored a hat-trick each, arsenic India registered their biggest triumph successful the event's history. Along with Hina’s goals (35', 35', 45') and Kanika’s strikes (12', 30', 45'), Sakshi Rana (10', 23') scored twice. Binima Dhan (14'), Sonam (14'), Sakshi Shukla (27'), Ishika (36') and Manisha (60') besides scored for India. The effect placed India astatine the apical of the radical standings.
India scored 4 goals successful 4 minutes to instrumentality aboriginal control. Sakshi began the scoring with a reverse flick. Kanika made it 2-0 with a beardown finish.
Binima added the 3rd aft a nonstop run, and Sonam scored the 4th pursuing a series of passes, giving India a 4-0 pb astatine the extremity of the archetypal quarter. India continued to property with Sakshi getting her 2nd extremity aft a tally that ended with a steadfast strike. Namibia tried to propulsion guardant for an opening but was stopped repeatedly by India’s midfield. India scored again done Sakshi, who converted a penalty-corner dragflick.
Kanika added her 2nd extremity conscionable earlier half-time to marque it 7-0. India kept power successful the 2nd half. Hina scored her archetypal extremity of the tourney with a deed into the apical corner. She added different soon after, taking vantage of a escaped restart from Namibia. Ishika scored the tenth extremity aft a rebound from a punishment corner. Another penalty-corner deflection came to Hina, and she completed her hat-trick. Kanika past scored her 3rd from a punishment corner, taking India’s pb to 12-0 astatine the extremity of the 3rd quarter. India made immoderate changes successful the last 4th but continued to make chances. Manisha scored from a punishment country to implicit a 13-0 triumph successful India’s archetypal lucifer of the tournament.
