Women’s Junior Asia Cup 2023: India thrashes Uzbekistan 22-0 in opener
The HinduThe Indian junior women’s team kicked off its Women’s Junior Asia Cup 2023 campaign in emphatic fashion, defeating Uzbekistan 22-0 in its first game of the tournament in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, Japan on Sunday. India began the contest on the front foot; attacking Uzbekistan with regularity courtesy of which it was able to take an early lead in the game as Phalke converted a penalty corner, while Mumtaz doubled the Indian team’s lead moments later by scoring a field goal. Despite having a healthy lead, the Indian team was showing no signs of slowing down in the third quarter and continued to dominate the proceedings with Deepika netting a goal through a penalty corner, while Annu scored two more goals to help India take 13-0 lead. A minute later, Deepika smashed home her shot from a penalty corner following which Mumtaz Khan netted a goal as the match ended 22-0 in favour of India.