Ipoh (Malaysia), Mar 29 (UNI) Varun Kumar and Mandeep Singh made a brilliant contribution of two goals each in India's 10-0 victory thrashing of Poland in their final league match of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh on Friday.
Already assured of a place in the final against Korea to be played on Saturday, the Indian hockey team scored goals almost at will. India is eying for the title after nine years in this tournament. India last won the title in 2010 here.
The five-time champions India maintained their unbeaten streak in the tournament, collecting 13 points from five league matches with the help of four wins and a draw.
The second quarter proved to be most productive as the Indians got four targets. They were 6-0 up at the half time, before adding four more in the remaining 30 minutes.
Mandeep scored back-to-back goals in the 50th and 51st minutes. With these goals, he also took his goal tally to seven in the tournament. The 24-year-old striker had scored a hat-trick in India’s 7-3 win against Canada on Wednesday.
Varun Kumar too struck twice in 18th and 25th minute, while Vivek Prasad (1st), Sumit Kumar (7th), Surender Kumar (19th), Simranjeet Singh (29th), Nilankanta Sharma (36th) and Amit Rohitdas (55th) were the other goal-scorers for India.
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