Indian Junior Men's Hockey Team continued their winning streak as they registered a stunning 6-4 win against Great Britain in a high-scoring game at the prestigious Sultan of Johor Cup on Sunday. (More Cricket News)
Goals by Mohd Konain Dad (7'), Dilraj Singh (17', 50'), Sharda Nand Tiwari (20', 50') and Manmeet Singh (26') ensured India's consecutive win while Ror🐎y Penrose's (2', 15'), Michael Royden (46', 59') put their name on the scoreboard for Great Britain.
High on confidence from their opening match win against Japan, the young Indian side entertained the Sunday audience with large presence of Indian hockey fans.
Though they suffered an early setback, when a 𒁃defensive error cost them dearly in the second minute of the game with Rory Penrose scoring from Britain's first penalty corner, India bounced back in the 7th minute with a goal by Mohd Konain Dad.
It was a well-earned PC that saw India equalise.
GB, however, regained the 🧜lead in the 15th minute when Rory scored his second goal throu💧gh a PC.
But i𒈔t was India who dominated the second quarter with their forward line working magic, as they ♓scored three back-to-back goals
First it was mercurial striker Dilraj who scored in the 17ꦇth minute to equalise the score to 2-2.
He followed this up with a perfect injection to help Sharda Naඣnd Tiwari score from a PC in the 20𒀰th minute, helping India take an important 3-2 lead.
Dilraj remained the cynosure of India's atta🎐ck as he set up Manmeet Singh in the 26th minute with a quick baseline pass which was tapped in perfectly by Manmeet, taking India's lead 𝓰to a strong 4-2.
Five mins 🐽into the third quarter, Dilraj helped India win a PC but Britain's defence held strong.
The following minutes saw both teams trade PCs but neither could �🐬�convert with the play going into the final quarter as both teams prepared to up the ante.
It was Great Britain who found success in the opening minute 🐻of the fourth quarter when Alex Chihot🧸a made a fine tackle inside the circle, to drive in from the right side.
Though he couldn't control the ball, he nudged it to Michael ♔Royden 🉐who struck the ball past India goalie Ali Khan.
This goal narrowed ♑India's lead to 4-3, putting some amount of pressure on them to 𓄧defend well.
Meanwhile, their forwardline fetched a crucial PC in the 50th minute that gave t🏅hem a golden opportuni🃏ty to extend lead.
In-form drag flicker Sharda Nand ensured this with a sensational ꩵgoal.
Within seconds, Dil🅰raj took India's lead to 6-3 when he scored🥀 a stupendous field goal putting India in a formidable position to win.
The Indian fans were already in celebratory mode as they rolled out the dr🍸ums following India's sensational display of attacking hocꦬkey.
While the final few minutes remained intense with Britain scoring their fourth goal in the 59th minute through Michael Royden who was assisted by Ted Graves from the baseline, India did well to hold on to the 6-4 lead and end the ga𒐪me with three points in their kitty.
