India opened its Commonwealth Video games 2022 marketing campaign in hockey with a thumping 5-0 win over Ghana in a Group A match on the College of Birmingham Hockey and Squash centre on Friday.
The Indian ladies earned an early minute within the fourth minute, with Gurjit Kaur making most of it, as she slotted the ball into the left nook of the web. Within the second quarter, Neha’s shot was deflected off into the objective by a Ghanaian defender, with India going 2-0 up at Half-Time.
India continued to pile distress on Ghana when play resumed as Sangita discovered the web after a counterattack and Gurjit scored her second for the day minutes later.
The icing on the cake got here within the final quarter when Salima Tete, certainly one of India’s most skilled hockey gamers, ended a counter assault to complete a five-star efficiency in the UK.
The Indian ladies’s hockey crew will play Wales subsequent on July 30 whereas the lads’s hockey crew will begin its marketing campaign in opposition to Ghana the subsequent day.
Match Outcome
India 5 (Gurjit 4’, 39’, Neha 28’, Sangita 36’, Salima 56’) beat Ghana 0
