Asian Men’s Hockey: India crushes host Bangladesh

Striker Dilpreet Singh bagged a hat-trick as defending champion India thrashed host Bangladesh 9-0 here on Wednesday to register its first win in the Asian Champions Trophy men’s hockey event.
The Indian men's hockey team (Image source: Twitter/Hockey India)
The Indian men's hockey team (Image source: Twitter/Hockey India)
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Dilpreet (12’, 22’ & 45’) scored three field goals while Jarmanpreet Singh (33’ & 43’) netted a brace from penalty-corner situations.

Lalit Upadhyay (28’) struck the third goal when he deflected in a variation from Harmanpreet Singh’s flick following a penalty corner. Akashdeep Singh (54’) also found the back of the net from a field effort before Mandeep Mor (55’) hit his debut goal for the country from a set-piece.

If that wasn’t enough, Harmanpreet perfectly converted India’s 13th penalty corner in the 57th minute. The Manpreet Singh-led India had drawn 2-2 against Korea in its continental tournament-opener on Tuesday.

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