Vice-captain Sanjay scored a second consecutive hat-trick while Araijeet Singh Hundal too found the net thrice as defending champions India...
Vice-captain Sanjay scored a second consecutive hat-trick while Araijeet Singh Hundal too found the net thrice as defending champions India bounced back strongly to defeat Canada 13-1 in their second Pool B match of the FIH Odisha Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup on Thursday.
An astonishing 70 goals were scored on the second day of action at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, with Spain setting a new record for goals scored at the event in a single match. The European side put 17 goals past the USA in the third match of the day. The previous record was a 13-0 victory for India against Singapore at the 1982 Junior World Cup that was already broken in the first match of the day when Argentina won 14-0 against Egypt.
Stunned by France 5-4 in their tournament opener, the Indians roared back, with three goals each from Sanjay (17th, 32nd, 59th) and Hundal (40th, 50th, 51st). Uttam Singh (3rd, 47th), Shardanand Tiwai (35th, 53rd), skipper Vivek Sagar Prasad (8th), Maninder Singh (27th) and Abhishek Lakra (55th) were the other scorers.
France are now leading Pool B with two wins from as many games, after beating Poland 7-1 on Thursday, while India are placed second.
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