Women's Asian Champions Trophy 2024: India Thrash Thailand

 

The Indian Women’s Hockey displayed a dominating performance in their 3^rd match of the Asian Champions Trophy tournament played at Rajgir International Complex, Bihar on 14^th November 2024. It was a great display of hockey right from the word go putting pressure on the Thailand team.

It was an ideal start for the hosts as Deepika hit a forceful reverse flick shot into the goal in the 2^nd minute to give them a 1-0 lead. Preeti Dubey hit another powerful shot inside the D giving no chance to the Thailand goalkeeper in the 9^th minute to make it 2-0 in favor of India.  Thailand could have gotten a chance, but Udita intercepted and denied them. Lalremsiami scored with the goalkeeper saving the shot before she hit in the goal in the 12^th minute with a 3-0 lead. At the end of the first quarter, India led 3-0.

India started the 2^nd quarter as they earned a penalty corner, but the shot was well saved by the Thailand goalkeeper Siraya. Deepika scored her second of the game as Sangita Kumari tackled from the Thailand defense before she converted into the goal in the 19^th minute allowing the Indian team a commanding 4-0 lead.  Soon after, the hosts earned a penalty corner, the shot was well saved by Siraya. They kept the pressure on the Thailand defense with aggressive moves but could not convert into a goal. Thailand hit a lovely shot from the counterattack, but Jyoti made an important interception.  Beauty converted from a rebound by the Thailand goalkeeper in the final minute of the first half. India ended the first half with a scoreline of 5-0. India made 18 circle penetrations in the first half which resulted in 5 goals.

The third quarter began well for the Indian team with aggressive moves, but Thailand goalkeeper Siraya made lovely saves. Preeti Dubey scored his 2^nd goal this match in the 40^th minute as Thailand goalkeeper Siraya looked clueless to make it 6-0. Deepika scored 3 goals in succession as the hosts completed demolition ending with a 9-0 scoreline.  Deepika scored 2 from penalty corners while 1 was a field goal.

Navneet Kaur scored her first goal of the match with a pass by Sushila Chanu in the 53^rd minute to make the scoreline 10-0. Manisha Chauhan scored from a penalty corner in the 55^th minute to make it 11-0. Indian team decided to take the goalkeeper away from the goalpost. Lalremsiami showed her class with a deflection from a penalty corner in the 56^th minute. Manisha kept her calm scoring a field goal in the 58^th minute to end the game at 13-0. With this win, India moved to 9 points along with China.

Malaysia stunned three-time Champions South Korea in a thrilling 2-1 win. China registered a 2-1 win over Japan in the second match of the day. China and India is currently at 9 points each, due to a better goal difference, China is at the top of the points table. The top two teams in the competition India and China will face next on 16^th November 2024.

 

 

 

Indian Women's team thrash Thailand by 13-0 in Asian Champions Trophy 2024