The Indian men's hockey team made it five wins in five to finish their league stage commitments at the Asian Champions Trophy, as they beat South Korea 8-0 to confirm their place at the top of the standings.
India had seven different goal-scorers on the day, with Dilpreet Singh scoring a brace in addition to goals from Jugraj Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Shilanand Lakra, Sukhjeet Singh, Sanjay Rana, and Angad Bir Singh.
India flew off the blocks, and took the lead midway through the opening quarter, through a reverse hit from Dilpreet. A few minutes later, Jugraj doubled the lead in the second phase of play from a penalty corner. Vishnukant Singh kept the ball alive after a save from Korean goalkeeper Kim Jaehyon, and squared it across the circle, for Jugraj to roll home into an empty net. There was still time in the opening quarter for the Indian captain Harmanpreet Singh to get in on the act, with a powerful low dragflick that left the Korean goalkeeper with no chance.
After no goals in the second quarter, India came racing off the blocks in the third, and scored twice in the 33rd minute. First, Shilanand scored off the rebound after Jugraj's strike was saved following a penalty corner variation. And a few seconds later, Aditya Lalage squared for Sukhjeet to finish from close range. Sanjay scored soon after, as he was alert to slam home a rebound after Dilpreet's shot was saved by Kim.
At the end of the third quarter, Sanjay's shot from the top of the D following a superb aerial from Harmanpreet was deflected in by Dilpreet for his second of the night.
In the last minute of the game, Angad Bir won the ball high and put the seal on a thumping Indian win with a reverse hit that went under an advancing Kim, as India finished their league stage commitments with 34 goals scored, and just five conceded.
India will face South Korea again in the semifinal on Wednesday evening, with Malaysia facing Japan in the other semifinal.
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