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Update: The FIH has changed the order of play for the quarterfinals. India will take to the field against South Korea in the first match of the day, scheduled for Frida, April 8 at 1230 hrs IST.
That’s it for tonight. See you for the quarterfinals. April 8, 1445 hrs IST.
India’s next match in this tournament will be the quarterfinal against South Korea, on Friday, April 8 at 1445 hrs IST.
For the second time in three games, it’s the skipper Salima Tete who is adjuged player of the match. “I’m very happy for our team. Our team is very good,” she says, with a big, wide smile on her face, as she collects her award.
FINAL HOOTER. That’s the end of the group stage for India, who win three from three and confirm a spot against South Korea in the quarterfinal. The 4-0 win over Malaysia had a brace from Mumtaz Khan, on either side of goals from Sangita Kumari and Lalrindiki.
Q4: India 4-0 Malaysia: GOAL FOR INDIA! India finally gets through the Malaysian defence, and again it’s Mumtaz Khan. Beauty Dung Dung makes a good interception and moves forward with Sharmila Devi. Sharmila passes it back to Beauty, who plays a good ball forward for Mumtaz to deflect home.
Q4: India 3-0 Malaysia: Sharmila Devi’s attempt at goal cleared on the line by a Malaysian defender. The melee follows, there’s so much chaos that even the referee looses her footing while trying to search for the ball.
Q4: India 3-0 Malaysia: Siti Husain snapshot on the end of a Malaysian counter-attack goes wide.
Q4: India 3-0 Malaysia: The Malaysian defence has been impressive throughout this second half. They’ve held firm against India’s constant attacks.
Q4: India 3-0 Malaysia: Malaysia’s substitute goalkeeper AB Mashitah makes a nice save using her stick.
Q4: India 3-0 Malaysia: A 7th penalty corner for India.
Q4: India 3-0 Malaysia: A third penalty corner for Malaysia, and another good save by Khushboo.
Q4: India 3-0 Malaysia: And Khushboo does well. Makes an excellent diving save to her right.
Q4: India 3-0 Malaysia: Just under 10 minutes to go, penalty corner for Malaysia. Khushboo will get her first piece of action at this tournament.
Q4: India 3-0 Malaysia: “They make them so tough nowadays,” says the commentator. Lalremsiami gets a nasty shot on her wrist as she tries to intercept a pass. She spends a few moments on her knees, clutching her wrist, and then gets up, ready to play, with a big smile on her face.
Q4: India 3-0 Malaysia: Khushboo getting a chance in the Indian goal, as she replaces the in-form Bichu Kharibam for a few minutes before the knockout stages.
Q4: India 3-0 Malaysia: And we’re off for the final 15 minutes of this match.
India has continued to dominate the game, but Malaysia has started to find more openings in attack. No goals in this quarter, mainly because the two goalkeepers - Siti Nasir and Bichu Kharibam were there to make telling saves.
End of Q3: India 3-0 Malaysia: That’s the end of the quarter.
Q3: India 3-0 Malaysia: Siti Nasir again makes a save.
Q3: India 3-0 Malaysia: Penalty corner for India as Baljeet’s pass hits a Malaysian foot.
Q3: India 3-0 Malaysia: Just a minute to go till the end of the third quarter. Scores remain unchanged.
Q3: India 3-0 Malaysia: Bit of confusion after the ball is not trapped well, but a shot is taken eventually and the goalkeeper saves.
Q3: India 3-0 Malaysia: Another penalty corner for India
Q3: India 3-0 Malaysia: Excellent chance goes begging for Malaysia. Cross comes in after the counter attack, Siti Husain, unmarked with a tap in the offing, and she misses the balls completely.
Q3: India 3-0 Malaysia: Shot saved, and a counter-attack is on for Malaysia.
Q3: India 3-0 Malaysia: Penalty corner for India after a Malaysian player hits the ball away after the whistle was blown.
Q3: India 3-0 Malaysia: Salima Tete with a powerful shot, but the goalkeeper blocks it well.
Q3: India 3-0 Malaysia: Sangita with an interception on the right, makes a quick pass into the circle to Lalrindiki, but the ball just gets away from her.
Q3: India 3-0 Malaysia: Excellent work by Malaysian goalkeeper Siti Nasir. Lalrindiki with another clever pass through defenders to Deepika. She controls and is one-one-one with Nasir, but the goalkeeper is quickly off the line and made her self as big as possible to make the save.
And we’re off again.
As it stands, India will face South Korea in the quarterfinals on April 8, Friday.
India, as expected, has been the stronger of the two teams and has enjoyed most of the chances created in this match. Mumtaz Khan scored the first in this match (the 100th of the tournament) in the 10th minute. Then Sangita Kumari doubled the lead a minute later. In the second quarter, Lalrindiki, who set up the first two goals, got on the scoresheet with her third of the tournament, and India’s third in the game.
That’s the end of the half.
Q2: India 3-0 Malaysia: Lalrindiki is having an excellent outing today. She’s set-up two goals and now scored one herself. Those number may still change as there’s still an entire second half to go.
Q2: India 3-0 Malaysia: GOAL FOR INDIA! Mumtaz Khan controls the ball inside the circle and knocks it forward, Lalrindiki gets the final touch for her third of the tournament, and India’s third in the match.
Q2: India 2-0 Malaysia: Wasted chance, as Baljeet is unable to trap the ball well. India does get a shot away but it’s well off target.
Q2: India 2-0 Malaysia:Penalty corner for India.
Q2: India 2-0 Malaysia: Chance for Malaysia this time, as Nuramirah Zulfiki hits a solid reverse-shot from just inside the circle. But Bichu Devi Kharibam happily kicks the ball out of danger.
Q2: India 2-0 Malaysia: Another chance for India. Lalremsiami, with a clever 1-2 with Vaishnavi, moves in from the left and cuts it back to Deepika, whose shot is blocked by a defender. Sangita is there to try and win it back, and then Lalremsiami gets engaged in a tussle a yard away from goal. The melee stops with a foul in favour of Malaysia.
Q2: India 2-0 Malaysia: Mumtaz Khan does well to control the slightly wayward high ball, but her half-volley snapshot goes just wide.
Second quarter is underway. India 2-0 Malaysia.
Just a correction, it was Mumtaz Khan who got the first goal. Lalrindiki’s shot was deflected by the India No 9 for the first goal.
End of Q1: India 2-0 Malaysia: Goals from Mumtaz Khan and Sangita Kumari have put India in a comfortable lead. Malaysia did have a good start, but the Indians started to take control after Khan’s opener in the 10th minute. Since then, it’s largely been one-way traffic.
Q1: India 2-0 Malaysia: Deepika takes the drag-flick again, but it crashes off the post this time.
Q1: India 2-0 Malaysia: Penalty corner for India. Deepika takes it, ball is saved by the goalkeeper, but the rebound is dangerously high. Another PC for India.
Q1: India 2-0 Malaysia: GOAL FOR INDIA! Barely a minute after Lalrindiki opens the scoring, she turns provider. Plays an excellent low cross from the left which Sangita Kumari coolly deflects home.
Q1: India 1-0 Malaysia: GOAL FOR INDIA! Lalrindiki scores India’s first in this match, and the 100th of the tournament. Reet hits it into the box from a long corner, Iren Hussin in the Malaysia defence is there, but fails to control the ball which lands kindly to Lalrindiki. The Indian forward calmly slots it past the goalkeeper.
Q1: India 0-0 Malaysia: Another chance for India. Good through-ball from Sharmila Devi to find Mumtaz Khan. Mumtaz gets a good first touch to get it past the defender, but the goalkeeper is quick to rush off the line to stop the attack.
Q1: India 0-0 Malaysia: Early chance for India. Excellent charge into the shooting circle by Salima Tete. Her cross finds Lalrindiki but the goalkeeper is there to save from point-blank range.
And they’re off!
Warm sunny conditions, around 26 degree Celsius, the commentator says, as the two teams run out onto the pitch. National Anthems coming up.
If India tops the group, they will face South Korea in the quarterfinal, a second placed finish means taking on defending champions Argentina in the Last 8.
Netherlands broke a Women’s Junior World Cup record in their 18-0 demolition of Zimbabwe. Incidentally, the previous record was when the Dutch beat the same opponents 16-0 in the 1989 World Cup.
FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup South Africa 2021 – 4 April 2022
Potchefstroom, North-West University (RSA)
South Africa 1, Ireland 0
Player of the Match: Jean-Leigh du Toit (RSA)
Netherlands 18, Zimbabwe 0
Player of the Match: Noor Omrani (NED)
United States 4, Canada 0
Player of the Match: Kathryn Peterson (USA)
Hello and welcome to Scroll.in’s coverage of Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup. India, led by Salima Tete, take Malaysia in their last group-stage match of the tournament. This is a Pool D match.
The Indians started the tournament quietly confident, especially after the showing of the women’s team at the Olympics last year. So far at this World Cup, they’ve matched that sense of self belief. They came up with a commanding 5-1 win over Wales in their first match in Pool D, then soaked up the German pressure to pull off a 2-1 win. With the two wins, India is already through to the quarterfinals, but still have to play Malaysia in the final group game. The match starts at 1900 hrs IST.
Get to know more about India’s squad for the tournament here
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