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FIH Series Finals: Indian women beat Uruguay 4-1 to make a winning start in Hiroshima

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FIH Series Finals: Indian women beat Uruguay 4-1 to make a winning start in Hiroshima
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In its  quest for a place in the Olympic Qualifier, Indian women's hockey team made an impressive start defeating Uruguay 4-1 in Hiroshima on Saturday. India led 2-0 at the breather.
In other games decided on the first day today, China defeated Mexico 7-0, Japan edged out Russia 2-1 while Poland had an easy 5-0 win over Fiji. Poland and Fiji are other teams in India's pool.
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It was second win for India against Uruguay in as many matches. While the first game played between the two countries in 2017 had ended in 2-2 draw but India went on to win the match 4-2 in the penalty shootout.
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Skipper Rani led from the front by scoring India's firs goal in the tournament. With her good stick work, she worked out a move in the 10th minute to score her first goal.. Drag flicker Gurjit Kaur made no mistake with her flick from a penalty corner award in the 20th minute. Though Indians enjoyed upper hand and had better control, the South American girls put up a gallant fight as they tried to match their opponents in every department of the game.
After change of ends, it was Jyoti who extended India's lead with a good field goal. In the 51st minute, Uruguay drew some consolation with a an opportunist field goal by  Teresa Vana. Versatile Lalremsiami completed India's tally with a fine field goal in the 55th minute.
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