Women's Hockey: India"A" wins series 3-1 against France
Women's Hockey: India"A" wins series 3-1 against France
India "A" reasserted its supremacy over visiting French women's hockey team. In the fourth and final game of the 4-match series, the home team - India "A" - defeated the visitors - France "A" - by two goals to nil to claim the series 3-1. The visitors had won the opening game 1=0.
India "A scored once in each half without any reply.
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Youngsters Jyoti (26th minute) and Gagandeep Kaur (32nd minute) scored two quick goals to wrap up a comfortable win for the hosts. Earlier, it was the French side that had won the first match 1-0, but India 'A' won the next three matches 3-2, 2-0 and 2-0 to make a solid comeback.
In the last of the four matches, India 'A' produced a stunning display of attacking hockey in the first two quarters, and were rewarded in the 26th minute when 19-year-old Jyoti found herself at end of a brilliant team-move, the Forward placing the ball into the back of the net to give her team the advantage. With the first quarter ending without a goal and the French team putting pressure on the hosts, India's goal in the 26th minute against the run-of-play, calmed a few nerves down as the home team went into the half-time break with an important 1-0 lead.
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Coach Baljeet Singh's half-time talk certainly motivated the players as they dominated in the opening few minutes of the third quarter as well. The hosts were awarded a penalty corner as a result, and it was 19-year-old Gagandeep Kaur who stepped up to increase India's lead to 2-0 in the 32nd minute. The hosts strong defence was rewarded for keeping the visitors off the target and defending its lines well throughout the last two quarters. The French had some chances in the game but could not find the opening that they required to make a come-back. As a result, it was the India "A" that held on to the lead till the end.
- PTC NEWS
