Women’s Junior Asia Cup: India need a draw to make it to the semi-finals

Kakamigahara. India, who have so far been unbeaten in the competition, will be eyeing a semi-final berth in their final pool match against Chinese Taipei in the Women’s Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament here on Thursday. India beat Malaysia 2-1 in a hard-fought match after thrashing Uzbekistan 22-0 in the first match. In their last pool match, India held Korea to a 2-2 draw after trailing by two goals. India are leading Pool A with seven points from two wins and a draw and a draw against Chinese Taipei would be enough for them to make it to the semi-finals.

Mumtaz Khan and Deepika have been in fine form for India, scoring a lot of goals while Deepika Soreng has also impressed. Deepika has scored in every match of the tournament so far but India cannot afford to relax as the tournament heads into its final stages. Indian captain Preeti said, “The tournament has been good for us so far as we have not lost any match. The matches against Malaysia and Korea were close but it gave us an opportunity to prove our mettle as we came from behind in both the matches. . Chinese Taipei have won just one out of three matches so far and are placed fourth among the five teams in Pool A with three points.

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