Asia Cup 2022: India beats Indonesia 16-0, qualifies for next round
The HinduRising to the occasion, Indian men's hockey team slammed six goals in the final quarter for a crushing 16-0 victory against Indonesia, a result that took the holder into the knockout stage of the Asia Cup but shut the World Cup door on Pakistan, here on Thursday. Rajbhar doubled India's lead a minute later through a rebound from the team's first penalty corner. India secured three consecutive penalty corners and Dipsan scored from the last to keep the team's hopes alive. Belimagga then scored two goals in a span of two minutes before Dipsan completed his hat-trick by converting India's 14th penalty corner to make the scoreline 12-0. Tirkey converted two more penalty corners in the final minute of the game to extend India's stay in the tournament.