Sunday, March 17, 2013

Hockey News
At Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

For Fifth Place
India bt Pakistan 4-2
Goal Scorers - Rupinder Pal Singh (IND) 16' PC and 62' PS, Akashdeep Singh (IND) 35', Malak Singh (IND) 43' and Muhammad Imran (PAK) 8' PC, Khasif Shah Syed (PAK) 46'

Korea bt New Zealand 2-1

Final
Australia bt Malaysia 3-2

India avoided wooden spoon defeating Pakistan in thrilling match ... In this match also Pakistan opened account through penalty corner conversion from Imran but after that both teams played attacking hockey with Indians had upper hand ... Indians equalized through Rupinder from first penalty corner ... Pakistan earned three penalty corners in a row but failed to convert it ... Just before half-time Akashdeep deflected excellent pass from Mandeep Singh in the goal ... In the 43 rd minute Malak Singh deflected ball into the net and gave India 3-1 lead ... Pakistan responded in three minutes through field goal from Khasif Shah ... In 62nd minute India awarded penalty corner by umpire after mistake from Muhammad Ateeq but after discussion by both umpires they awarded penalty stroke which Rupinder Pal converted ... After that Indians controlled the pace of the match for really good victory ... Manpreet Singh was adjudged man-of-the-match for his excellent performance.

Australia lifted their seventh Sultan Azlan Shah Cup beating host Malaysia ... Korea won the bronze beating New Zealand.

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