India junior women's hockey team thrash South Africa

This is the second consecutive game where the visitors have scored eight goals past the hosts.

The Indian Junior Women's Hockey Team registered a big 8-0 win against hosts South Africa in their second match of the Tour on Saturday evening. Earlier in the week, India had begun their campaign with a convincing 8-1 win over hosts South Africa.

The South Africa Tour is part of the India's preparations for the all-important Asia Cup U-21, which is a qualification tournament for the forthcoming FIH Women's Hockey Junior World Cup.

The visitors got off to a good start in the first quarter with fine skill and disciplined structure in their attack. The team's first goal came in the very first minute of the match through Annu followed by a ninth-minute goal by Vice Skipper Rujata Dadaso Pisal.

The team extended their lead to 3-0 in the 26th minute when Jyoti Chhatri scored a field goal. She struck another one in the following minute to take the team's lead to a formidable 4-0.

Before the second quarter ended, the Indian Junior Women's side scored two more goals in the 29th and 30th minutes via Deepika Soreng and Jyothi Chhatri.

With a comfortable 6-0 lead on board, the visitors ended the fourth quarter with two more goals in the 54th and 59th minutes scored by Annu and Deepika Sr.

The team will next play on 20th February followed by two matches against South Africa "A' team on 24th and 25th February.

Earlier, the Indian Junior Women's Hockey Team began their campaign in South Africa with a convincing 8-1 win. The visitors displayed good structure in their attack with successive goals coming their way from the very first minute of the match. Goals were scored by Deepika Sr. (1', 30'), Vice Captain Rujata Dadaso Pisal (18'), Hritika Singh (20'), Sunelita Toppo (28'), Deepika Soreng (36') and Annu (44'). For South Africa, Mikkela Le Roux (36') was the lone goal scorer.