Muscat: Gurjit Kaur slammed a hat-trick while Monika and Jyoti scored their respective burial goals as defending champions India beat low Singapore 9-1 to register their second victory in the pool A and qualify for the semifinals of the Asian Cup hockey tournament here on the day Monday .
After grabbing Malaysia 9-0 in their opening, Indians slumped to an unexpected 0-2 loss against the peak of the Japanese pool.
But Indians put their last match defeat behind and finished a very coordinated look on Monday to Steamroll Singapore.
Gurjit (8, 37, 48) converts two corners of penalty, while monika (6, 17) and Jyoti (43rd, 58) scored two field goals.
The vibrator of another goal for India is Vandana Katariya (8) and Mariana Kuju (10).
India will take the Korean leader’s pool in the first semifinal on Wednesday, while Japan, who defeated Malaysia 8-0 in the B-match B Pool B, will fight China in the other four matches.
The final tournament will be played on Thursday.
The top four teams will automatically qualify for this year’s FIH World Cup which is hosted by Spain and the Netherlands.
As expected, India is far superior to completely dominating the match from the word go and pumped in four goals in the first quarter.
India starts with bright records and enjoys ownership with one touch game fast and fast.
India took the lead in the sixth minute through a field goal by Monika.
Two minutes later the Savita Poyia-LED side doubled their lead through Mariana Frame before Vandana Katariya turned in seconds later to extend their superiority.
Dragflicket Gurjit Kaur star made him 4-0 by converting a penalty in the 10th minute.
India continued in the same vein in the second quarter and added another goal through Monika.
It was raining in prison for India because they got as many as 15 of them in the match but took advantage of only three, which would definitely be the cause of concern for Janneke Schopman’s head coach.
The drama was mostly centered in Singapore half because the Indian defense was almost not tested until the 43rd minute.
Singapore only manages one occasion on Indian purposes when they secure the only point of view of their penalty converted by Li Min.
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