Bhubaneswar: Vice-captain Sanjay scored a hat-trick but it unquestionably used to be no longer ample as underdogs France insecure defending champions India 5-4 of their opening Pool B match of the FIH Junior Hockey World Cup here on Wednesday.
Skipper Timothee Clement (1st, 23rd and 32nd minute) scored a hat-trick, whereas Benjamin Marque (seventh) and Corentin Sellier (48th) were the diversified blueprint scorers for world no. 26 France.
Sanjay (15th, 57th, 58th) reworked three penalty corners for India whereas Uttam Singh (10th) scored the diversified blueprint for the hosts in the dropping reason.
France insecure India in the vital minute of the match when a slothful defence of the hosts used to be caught off guard by Clement.
The valorous Frenchmen punched above their weight and continued to assault the Indian fortress, which resulted in a second blueprint by technique of a filed strike from Marque.
Down 0-2, a insecure India replied succor inside of three minutes and pulled a blueprint succor with a field strike from Uttam.
Pumped up, the defending champions saved up the stress with a flurry of assaults however the French defence stood substantial to thwart them.
India equalised on the stroke of the vital quarter by technique of a penalty nook reworked by Sanjay.
Minutes into the second quarter, India earned their third penalty nook but Uttam Singh used to be manner off the target.
France took the lead all over all over again in the 23rd minute when skipper Clement scored from a penalty nook.
Pumped up, the Frenchmen continued to assault and earned a pair of penalty corners however the Indian defence stood substantial.
Two minutes from half time, India secured their fourth penalty nook however the French goalkeeper produced an improbable set to speak the hosts who went into the breather trailing 2-3.
Two minutes into the third quarter, France extended their lead after they bought three successive penalty corners, the final of which used to be reworked by skipper Clement to consume a 4-2 lead.
In the 38th minute, India secured one other penalty nook but wasted the replacement.
In the 48th minute, France made the scoreline 5-2 of their favour when Sellier scored from a field effort.
Trailing by three targets, the Indians tried to flip the script and in the job attacked the France defence in numbers.
Sanjay scored two more targets by technique of two more penalty corners in the 57th and 58th minutes to raise down the scoreline to 4-5 but didn’t finish the Frenchmen from registering the vital upset of the tournament.
