Women's Asia Cup Hockey: The defending champions Indian team defeated China 2-0 on Friday to win the bronze medal in the Women's Asia Cup hockey tournament. The Indian players, leaving behind the semi-final disappointment from Korea, maintained control in the first two quarters and scored two goals during the same period to take a 2-0 lead over China at half time. However, the team could not score any goal in the second half.
The Indian players got off to a good start and got two penalty corners, one in which Sharmila Devi gave her team the lead in the 13th minute. Gurjit Kaur's flick was intercepted by China's defensive line and Sharmila scored on her rebound.
India continued to play in the same rhythm in the second quarter as well. The Indian players kept the pressure on China's defensive line with continuous dents and then got another penalty corner in the 19th minute. Gurjeet converted it into a goal with a superb drag flick to make the score 2-0.
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China also responded by getting a penalty corner, but Indian captain and goalkeeper Savita Poonia thwarted it brilliantly. After trailing by two goals, the Chinese team became very aggressive after changing ends and tried to put pressure on the Indian defensive line, but they could not succeed.
The Indians had built up the pressure in the fourth and final quarter, but they could not find any perfect opportunity. China secured a penalty corner 10 minutes before the scheduled time, but it was foiled by the Indians with a good defense.
At the end of the match, China kept trying and got three consecutive penalty corners in the same process, but their players could not take advantage of them. Now Japan's team will face Korea in the final.
Defending champions India had to bear the brunt of lack of match practice due to the Kovid-19 pandemic after finishing a historic fourth at the Tokyo Olympics, as the team crashed out of the title race for not performing well in crucial matches.
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