File photo of the Indian women’s ice hockey team.
Reflexes
- The Indian team won the bronze medal in the Women’s Asian Cup of hockey by defeating China
- The Indian team beat China 2-0
- Korea defeated the Indian team in the semifinals.
Defending champions India won the bronze medal at the Women’s Asian Cup in hockey by defeating China 2-0 on Friday. The Indian players remained in control in the first two quarters as they scored two goals to take a 2-0 lead over China at half time. However, no other goal was scored in the second half and the Indian team won the match and captured the bronze medal.
The Indian players started well and got two penalty corners. Sharmila Devi scored in the 13th minute to give the team the lead. Gurjit Kaur’s move was intercepted by China’s defensive line and Sharmila scored on the rebound. India continued to play at the same pace in the second quarter as well. The Indian players kept up the pressure on China’s defensive line with continuous strikes and then earned another penalty corner in the 19th minute. Gurjeet converted it into a goal with an excellent sliding move to make the score 2-0.
China also retaliated with a penalty corner, but Indian captain and goalkeeper Savita Poonia brilliantly derailed it. After losing by two goals, the Chinese team became very aggressive after changing ends and tried to put pressure on the Indian defensive line, but could not succeed. Let us tell you that India’s hopes were dashed in the semi-finals due to poor defense and not taking advantage of penalty corners and they were beaten by Korea 2-3.
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