Junior Hockey World Cup: India thrash Poland 8-2 to reach quarter-finals with glory

India, who came out to defend their title in the Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup, thrashed Poland 8-2 to seal their place in the quarter-finals on Saturday. In this match, Sudi Chirmako, Arijit Singh Hundal and Sanjay Kumar scored two goals each for India. Vice-captain Sanjay, who scored a hat-trick in the first two matches, scored in the fourth and 58th minutes today. Apart from this, Hundal (8th, 60th minute), who scored a hat-trick against Canada, scored two goals.

Chirmakko (24th and 40th minute) also contributed to the team’s victory in the do or die match, while two other goals for the hosts in the Pool B match were Uttam Singh (34th) and Sharadanand Tiwary (38th). did. Poland scored both their goals in the fourth and final quarter. For that, Wojciech Rutkowski scored in the 50th and Robert Pavlak scored in the 54th minute.

In the quarter-finals, India will now face the runners-up of the previous leg, Belgium, on December 1. Belgium beat Malaysia in goal difference in Pool A as both the teams had 7-7 points. After a shocking 4-5 defeat at the hands of France in the opening match of the tournament, India had kept Canada’s chances of survival alive after beating Canada 13-1 in the second match of the pool.

The match against Poland was a ‘do or die’ for them and the Indians kept the pressure on Poland from the start while continuing the confidence of the match against Canada on Thursday. The Indians maintained their aggression and doubled their lead four minutes later, with the goal again coming from a penalty corner but the goal was scored by Hundal.