India drub listless England 5-3
Favourites India continued their strong showing in the men’s Junior Hockey World Cup as they scored a dominating 5-3 win over England in a Pool D encounter to virtually secure a place in the quarterfinals, here on Saturday.
By : migrator
Update: 2016-12-10 17:26 GMT
Lucknow
India, who had earlier spanked Canada 4-0 in their tournament-opener, scored two goals in the first half through Parvinder Singh (24th minute) and Armaan Qureshi (35th) before finding the net thrice in the second half, courtesy Harmanpreet Singh (37th),
Simranjeet Singh (45th) and Varun Kumar (59th).
However, it was England who drew the first blood through Jack Clee (10th) before pumping in two late goals from Will Calnan (63rd) and Edward Horler(67th).
The Indians were slow to get of the blocks as England defence hardly gave any space to the home team forwards in the initial few minutes of the match.
India are now leading Pool D with six points from two wins and next play South Africa on December 12. England are placed second with three points from two games.
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