Three matches, three wins, just two goals conceded and 58 goals scored. It has been an absolute goal-fest from India in women’s hockey as the team consolidated its spot at the top of the Pool B table.
India scored 22 goals and conceded one, but the scoreline fell short of the 44-year-old record yet again. She now has 20 goals in the tournament, having hit a hat-trick against Indonesia in the previous game. Like in the game against Uzbekistan, Deepika Sehrawat was at the centre of the goal-fest, going one better than her previous tally to score nine goals against Thailand. Navneet Kaur and Rutuja Pisal also scored hat-tricks, while Lalremsiami, Neha, Sakshi Rana and Tete got their names on the scoresheet. With eight goals scored against Uzbekistan in India’s campaign opener in Japan, Deepika became the highest goalscorer in a single Asian Games women’s hockey match.
The Salima Tete-led side smashed 19 goals past Uzbekistan in the opening match of their Asian Games women’s hockey campaign, a win that fell short of the 44-year-old Asian Games record for the most goals scored by the Indian team in a match. They followed that up with a 17-1 win against Indonesia at the Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium in Japan.
