Bhubaneswar: Vice-captain Sanjay scored a 2d consecutive hat-trick whereas Araijeet Singh Hundal too chanced on the secure thrice as defending champions India bounced wait on strongly to kill Canada 13-1 in their 2d Pool B match of the FIH Males’s Junior Hockey World Cup right here on Thursday.
Stupefied by France 5-4 in their tournament opener, the Indians roared wait on into the tournament, scoring by three wishes every by Sanjay (17th, 32nd, 59th) and Hundal (40th, 50th, 51st).
Uttam Singh (3rd minute, 47th), Shardanand Tiwai (35th, 53rd), skipper Vivek Sagar Prasad (Eighth), Maninder Singh (27th) and Abhishek Lakra (55th) had been the totally different scorers.
France are leading Pool B with two wins from as many games, after beating Poland 7-1 on Thursday, whereas India are placed 2d.
India will meet Poland in their last pool fixture on Saturday.
Nervous by France on Wednesday, the Indians loved the early portion of possession and assign stress on the Canadian purpose.
India’s efforts bore fruit straight when Uttam slapped in from all the device by the circle to give them a 1-0 lead.
The hosts kept up the stress and prolonged their lead in the eight minute by skipper Vivek who flicked in after being fed by Maninder Singh.
Canada secured two wait on-to-wait on penalty corners in the 11th minute but wasted both as India ended the first quarter with a 2-0 lead.
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Soon after the resumption, India made it 3-0 in their favour when Sanjay scored from the location after being awarded a stroke following an infringement from their first penalty nook.
India stepped up the stress and secured a penalty nook in the 21st minute but wasted the unreal.
Two minutes from half of time, India’s most efficient participant of the match, Maninder, registered his title in the scoresheet, slapping house with a reverse shot after dribbling past two Canadian defenders to give the holders a 4-0 lead.
Seconds from the 2d quarter, Canada pulled a purpose wait on by a penalty nook conversion from Roopkanwar Dhillon.
India earned their third penalty nook correct after the unreal of ends and as soon as extra Sanjay used to be bang heading in the correct direction.
The Indians continued their offensive intent and secured two extra penalty corners in immediate succession, the 2d of which used to be transformed by Shardanand Tiwari with a convincing grounded browse by the legs of Canada goalkeeper Daniel Goodwin.
The hosts prolonged their result in 7-1 by converting one more penalty nook in the 41st minute by the lanky Araijeet Hundal.
Uttam scored his 2d purpose of the day in the 47th minute, with a elegant discipline strike.
In the next minute Canada secured a penalty nook but the Indian defence used to be up to the assignment.
Thereafter, it used to be all India as Hundal scored two wishes in immediate succession to register a hat-trick.
A nonetheless and nonetheless Hundal first slapped house after being fed by Maninder and then chanced on the wait on of the Canadian secure with a brief, mighty hit from Suddep’s lend a hand.
There used to be extra in store as seven minutes from the hooter, Tiwari transformed his 2d penalty nook of the day to compose it 11-1 in India’s favour.
Abhishek Lakra additionally chanced on his title in the scoresheet, converting India’s eighth penalty nook, in the 55th minute.
Sanjay rounded off a best doubtless evening for India by converting one more penalty nook in the final minute of the match.
Earlier in the day, Argentina beat Egypt 15-0, Netherlands beat Korea 12-5 and Spain thrashed USA 17-0.
