FIH Nations Cup: Indian women's hockey team triumphs over Chile 3-1

Hoping to make it back into the Pro League the Indian womens hockey team made a winning start in their campaign to win the FIH Womens Nations Cup 2022 by registering a dominant 31 win against Chile here on a cold Sunday afternoonSangita Kumari 3 Sonika 11 and Navneet Kaur 32 scored the goals for India while Fernanda Villagran 44 scored Chiles lone goal India is hoping to win the title as the winner will be promoted to the next season of the FIH Pro LeagueThe ace goalkeeper Savitaled Indian womens hockey team got off the blocks to a fine start in the first quarter making their intent on their opponents very clear They played with good structure and rotated the ball with precision to find gaps in the Chilean circle early in the gameTheir efforts paid off with inform Sangita Kumari finding the net in the 3rd minute of the game It was experienced forward Vandana Katariya who set up the goal with a brilliant tackle into the right flank and pushed the ball to Sangita who made no mistake in putting it past the Chilean goalieHer goal gave India the edge over Chile as they went on to build on this momentum in the following minutes of the match They played with good speed in their attack putting Chiles defence under the pumpAlso readOdisha CM launches trophy tour of FIH Hockey Mens World Cup 2023India extended their lead to 20 in the 11th minute when Sangita set up Sonika with a fine assist to convert the goal Sonika who was positioned on the left flank found a perfect deflection giving India a solid lead Sonika was awarded player of the match for her impressive effort in Sundays match according to a report in the Hockey India websiteAfter a goalless second quarter India started the third quarter on an attacking note This time it was Neha Goyal who created the scoring opportunity when she picked up an aerial pass and assisted Navneet to score Indias third goal This 32ndminute goal gave India a good cushion in the second half of the matchIndias defence in the meantime held sway without conceding any goals Chile however did manage to slip one in in the 44th minute through penalty corner via Fernanda Villagran The final quarter saw India make some amends for the defensive error that led to a PC goalThey created some fine scoring opportunities in the D with some skillful play by Vandana Sangita and Navneet But Chiles goalie Natalia Salvador did a fine job to keep Indian attackers from scoring thus ending the match with a 31 scorelineThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever