Indian Junior Women's Hockey Team beat Belarus Development team 6-0

Baranovichi (Belarus), 15 June 2019: India’s Junior Women’s Hockey team produced an inspired performance against the Belarus’ Development team to record a 6-0 victory in their game today. With this, the team concluded their tour of Belarus recording two wins, two losses and a draw in the five games they played there.

India kicked off the game and were immediately on the front foot putting the Belarus team under pressure. The team won their first PC midway through the quarter, but the effort went wide. Almost immediately though, India took back possession and after some great play through the middle, Ajmina Kujur finished off the move to score India’s opener. The team did not let up their intensity and won a penalty stroke at the end of the quarter. Gagandeep Kaur made no mistake from the spot to double India’s lead as they went into the break.

India’s relentless pressure and high speed game was too much for Belarus to handle, and despite gallantly defending for large periods of the second quarter, India’s dominance was not to be thwarted. From a PC midway through the quarter, Mariana Kujur converted to score India’s third goal of the game. India went into half time, with a comfortable three goal lead.

With a three goal cushion, India could have been forgiven for cruising through the third period, but the team rarely let the intensity drop. Chetna and Lalrindiki scored India’s fourth and fifth in quick succession halfway through the period. India were in complete control of the game. The defence faced their first test of the game late in the period, as Belarus earned their first PC, and an opportunity to get on the scoreboard. It wasn’t to be though, the defence doing enough to make sure the attempt went wide. The teams went into the final break with India leading 5-0.

In the final quarter, Chetna scored her second goal of the game to extend India’s lead to six. It was a lead they held on to, comfortably recording a 6-0 win.