Potchefstroom (South Africa): The Indian Olympic bronze medal began their Pro Fih League hockey campaign loudly when they struggled French 5-0 in a truly dominant view on Tuesday.
After the first quarter of the barren, India slammed three goals in the second before finding the target twice in the third.
India got four corners of the penalty in the match where they scored two.
France got three pcs but wasted everything.
HarmanPreet Singh and Varun Kumar were rated from a penalty in the 21st minute and 24 each before Shamsher Singh managed 3-0 in the 28th minute with a field goal.
Mandeep Singh (32nd) and Akashdeep Singh (41ST) completed the calculation for India who had won the historic Olympic bronze after 41 years in the Tokyo match.
Play in their first match this year, the world number three India took the time to settle in the first 15-minute quarter.
But once they got the size of their opponents, the Manpreet Singh-LED raised their bets and dominated their opponents in the remaining three quarters.
Nilakanta Sharma got a chance early in the match but she shot.
India got back the penalty ahead of the back in the first quarter but the French defense stand firm and defend them well.
India began their dominance in the second quarter and got their third penalty angle from where they took the lead in the 21st minute.
HarmanPreet’s drag-flicker did not make a mistake from a PC, drilled a low shot to the right of the French goalkeeper.
Three minutes later, India got another penalty corner, the four matches of them, and this time Varun Kumar scored to make him 2-0, sending low shots almost exactly as the first destination.
France ranks the 13th, which has replaced Canada in the Pro League last month after the North American country resigned because of the restrictions of Covid-19, getting their first penalty angle in the 27th minute but the Indians defended it from danger.
Right after retaining the PC, Indians made a quick counter-attack that produced their third goal in the 28th minute.
Shamsher Singh slammed the house past the poor French goalkeeper from help from Abhishek.
India has 14 shots on the opposition destination in the first half such as fighting five French and the Graham Reid team continued to dictate the requirements in the match after half a break.
Mandeep Singh managed 4-0 minutes into the third quarter with a good field goal before Akashdeep Singh, who played in the 200th international match, made him 5-0 in the 41st minute with another field aim, found the target with a sweep upside down.
France got a back-to-back penalty angle in the 48th minute but could not score.
The fourth quarter does not produce any purpose but Indians will be satisfied with their performance.
India faced host South Africa on Wednesday in their second match.