Junior Hockey World Cup: India’s best start by defeating Korea 4-2, Arijit’s hat-trick

India vs South Korea match in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia With the help of Arijit Singh Hundal’s hat-trick, India defeated South Korea 4-2. With this, India has made a great start to its campaign in the FIH Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup.

Arijit scored goals in the 11th, 16th and 41st minutes. Another goal for India was scored by Amandeep in the 30th minute. Dohyun Lim (38th) and Minkwon Kim (45th) scored goals for South Korea. India, which lost to France in the bronze medal match in the 2021 World Cup played in Bhubaneswar, kept pressure on Korea from the beginning. Arijit gave India an early lead by converting a penalty corner in the first quarter itself.

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India maintained its dominance even after this. Arijit and Amandeep scored field goals in the second quarter, as India led 3–0 at halftime. South Korea tried to make a comeback in the third quarter with Lim’s goal but for India, Arijit immediately completed his hat-trick by scoring the fourth goal. After taking a 4-1 lead, India relaxed a bit, taking advantage of which Kim scored a goal.

However, South Korea was only able to reduce the margin of defeat. India will play its next match against Spain in Pool C. The fourth team of this group is Canada. India had previously won the title in 2001 and 2016 while it was the runner-up in 1997.