Pakistan Outclass India 7-4 To Book Semi-Final Berth
Drag-flicker Sandeep Singh and Shivendra Singh scored a double each thrashed.
Pakistan India 7-4 in a must-win match in Pool A Storm in the semifinal men's hockey to a packed house Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium.
Under pressure to perform or take the shame of expulsion from the medal round, India stood up and delivered when it came to most people.
They did not disappoint the capacity crowd in the high voltage and completely dominated Pakistan for the first 30 minutes of the game by pumping in as many as four goals.
Sandeep (3rd, 11th minute) was the star, converting two penalty corners and then set up another for Shivendra (19 min 59th.).Sarwanjit Singh (20 min.) Danish Mujataba (forty-first minute). And Dharamvir Singh (45thmin.) chipped in too, and the goal of every high score for a thrilling encounter.
For Pakistani Muhammad Imran took the penalty stroke and Muhammad Rizwan (29 min.) And Shakeel Abbasi (sixty-eighth minute). down through the field in the strikes. Muhammad Irfan (fifty-eighth minute.)
Recorded in the name of the scoresheet too, making it the penalty corner.India hours toppers Pool B in England in the semifinals on Tuesday, when the world champions Australia will take in New Zealand.
India will now take on Pool B toppers England in the semifinals on Tuesday while world champions Australia will face New Zealand in the other last-four match.
Pakistan, meanwhile, will face South africa for the fifth-sixth classification match on Tuesday.
Against Pakistan today, India displayed a fast-paced hockey from the onset, with their mid-field and forward line combining well to set up the goals.
Indian completely dominated the game and never gave a slightest of chance to Pakistan to recover.
Pakistan had their share of chances but India\'s juggernaut proved too much for the Zeeshan Ashraf led side.
Pakistan India 7-4 in a must-win match in Pool A Storm in the semifinal men's hockey to a packed house Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium.
Under pressure to perform or take the shame of expulsion from the medal round, India stood up and delivered when it came to most people.
They did not disappoint the capacity crowd in the high voltage and completely dominated Pakistan for the first 30 minutes of the game by pumping in as many as four goals.
Sandeep (3rd, 11th minute) was the star, converting two penalty corners and then set up another for Shivendra (19 min 59th.).Sarwanjit Singh (20 min.) Danish Mujataba (forty-first minute). And Dharamvir Singh (45thmin.) chipped in too, and the goal of every high score for a thrilling encounter.
For Pakistani Muhammad Imran took the penalty stroke and Muhammad Rizwan (29 min.) And Shakeel Abbasi (sixty-eighth minute). down through the field in the strikes. Muhammad Irfan (fifty-eighth minute.)
Recorded in the name of the scoresheet too, making it the penalty corner.India hours toppers Pool B in England in the semifinals on Tuesday, when the world champions Australia will take in New Zealand.
India will now take on Pool B toppers England in the semifinals on Tuesday while world champions Australia will face New Zealand in the other last-four match.
Pakistan, meanwhile, will face South africa for the fifth-sixth classification match on Tuesday.
Against Pakistan today, India displayed a fast-paced hockey from the onset, with their mid-field and forward line combining well to set up the goals.
Indian completely dominated the game and never gave a slightest of chance to Pakistan to recover.
Pakistan had their share of chances but India\'s juggernaut proved too much for the Zeeshan Ashraf led side.