Indian women register 14-0 win over Trinidad & Tobago

Scotland, July 29, 2014: During the third outing of the Indian Women’s Hockey team in the ongoing XX Commonwealth Games 2014 at Glasgow (Scotland), India defeated Trinidad & Tobago by showering 14 goals and restricted the opponents from scoring even a single goal.

The Indian Women’s Hockey team, after suffering a loss in their last match against New Zealand by 0-3, stood back on their feet and swept away the match against Trinidad & Tobago with a whooping 14-0 on board and displayed immense maturity on the field by simply learning from their previous defeat but not letting the loss affect the their play.

It was as early as in the 4th minute of the game when Vandana Katariya successfully converted a penalty corner to open the account for India. Deepika and Rani sneaked in two back to back field goals in the 11th and 12th minute respectively, to take the lead up by 3-0. Adding on to the 3-0 lead and by the end of the first half, India accumulated a huge 9-0 goal difference over Trinidad & Tobago with the help of Jaspreet Kaur (18th min), Rani (19th and 25th min), Captain Ritu Rani (22nd min), Deepika (27th min) and Anuradha Thokchom (31st min).

The second half of the match saw the Indian women’s team showing no mercy to their opponents as they went on to add another five goals to the winning tally. Starting the goal spree in the 41st minute, it was Jaspreet Kaur who made no mistake in converting the two penalty corner opportunities in the 41st and 48th minute, followed by Anupa Barla (53rd min), Deepika (64th min) and Ritusha Arya (68th min), which helped India in sealing the game at 14-0.

HI Press release