The Indian men’s hockey team blanked lower-ranked Ireland 4-0 to end their home leg of the FIH Pro League marketing campaign on a winning note right here on Sunday.
Nilakanta Sharma (14th minute), Akashdeep Singh (fifteenth), Gurjant Singh (thirty eighth) and Jugraj Singh (sixtieth) have been the aim scorers. Nilakanta and Jugraj received their targets from penalty corners whereas Akashdeep and Gurjant struck by way of area efforts.
India dominated the match and led 2-0 half time.
The Indian team is at present positioned on the third spot with 15 factors from eight matches, with 5 wins (three outright and two shootout) and three losses (one outright and two shootout).
The Netherlands and Australia are above India with 26 and 20 factors respectively.
The Harmanpreet Singh-led aspect will proceed their FIH Pro League marketing campaign within the European leg in May-June.
