Asian Games 2023 / India registered a historic victory in hockey - Crushed Pakistan 10-2

Asian Games 2023: India has defeated Pakistan for the second time in a day in the Asian Games 2022. In squash, the Indian men's team won the gold medal by defeating Pakistan in the final. Then about 4 hours later, the Indian men's hockey team defeated Pakistan badly in a one-sided match with a surprising score of 10-2. For the first time in the long history of India-Pakistan hockey, a team created history by scoring 10 goals. The previous highest score between the two teams was 9-2, which was achieved by India only. Captain Harmanpreet Singh scored maximum 4 goals for India.

The Indian team had registered emphatic wins in its last three matches of Pool A. Team India had scored 16-16 goals on weak teams like Uzbekistan and Singapore, while it had defeated the current Asian Games champion Japan 4-2. The Indian team was also a contender for victory against Pakistan but hardly even coach Craig Fulton would have thought of such a big victory.

A explosive start in the first half itself

India had decided Pakistan's defeat by scoring 4 goals in the first half itself. Mandeep Singh started it with a goal in the 8th minute. Then captain Harmanpreet increased the team's lead to 3-0 by scoring goals on penalty corner and penalty stroke in the 11th and 17th minutes. Sumit scored the fourth goal for India in the last minute of the first half.

At the beginning of the third half, Harmanpreet completed her hat-trick with two consecutive goals in the 33rd and 34th minutes and put the team ahead 6-0. The Pakistani team continued to struggle but got its first success in the 38th minute, when Muhammad Sufyan opened the team's account. Abdul Waheed scored the second goal for Pakistan in the 45th minute, but before and after this, India scored 4 more goals.

Historical scoreline

Varun Kumar scored in the 41st and 54th minutes while Shamsher scored in the 46th and Lalit Upadhyay scored in the 49th minute. With Varun's second goal, India also created history. For the first time in the history of both the countries, a team scored 10 goals. Even before this, India had defeated Pakistan 9-2. With this, it is almost certain that Team India will reach the semi-finals. The Indian team is eyeing to win gold, with the help of which it will also get a ticket to the Paris Olympics.