Gurjit
gave
India
the
lead
in
the
second
minute
of
the
match
after
an
infringement
from
Thailand
in
their
defensive
third
awarded
them
a
penalty
stroke.
Gurjit,
who
scored
four
goals
at
the
Tokyo
Olympics,
kept
a
cool
head
and
put
the
ball
in
the
back
of
the
net.

Conceding
an
early
goal
put
Thailand
on
the
back
foot
straight
away,
and
Vandana
Katariya,
the
only
Indian
women’s
player
to
score
a
hat-trick
at
the
Olympics,
found
the
second
goal
five
minutes
later.

By
the
time
the
first
quarter
ended,
Lilima
Minz
added
another
field
goal
in
the
14th
minute,
while
Gurjit
and
Jyoti
scored
two
more
from
penalty
corners
in
the
14th
and
15th
minute,
giving
India
a
5-0
lead.

The
second
quarter
started
much
the
same
way
as
India
kept
most
of
the
possession
giving
no
room
to
Thailand
to
cause
any
danger.

Within
the
first
minute
of
Q2,
Rajwinder
Kaur,
who
made
her
international
debut
on
Sunday,
scored
a
field
goal
in
the
16th
minute,
and
in
the
24th
minute,
Gurjit
scored
her
third
goal
and
Lilima
scored
another
from
a
penalty
corner
also
in
the
24th
minute.

The
Indian
team
demolished
the
Thai
defence
as
they
struck
another
in
the
25th
minute
through
Gurjit,
giving
them
a
massive
9-0
lead
at
the
end
of
the
second
quarter.

Returning
from
the
10-minute
half-time
break,
India
dominated
by
continuing
to
make
threatening
circle
penetrations
from
the
left
flank.
But
Thailand
dug
in
deep
and
defended
well
for
the
first
six
minutes
in
the
third
quarter.

Jyoti
broke
the
threshold,
scoring
another
field
goal
in
the
36th
minute
to
exceed
India’s
lead
by
10
goals.
A
defensive
error
four
minutes
later
from
Thailand
gave
India
another
penalty
corner,
but
this
time
Gurjit’s
powerful
flick
was
deflected
by
the
opposition.

A
well-constructed
move
from
the
middle
late
in
the
43rd
minute
caught
Thailand’s
defence
napping
as
Sonika
struck
in
her
first
goal
in
the
match.

A
flurry
of
goals
✅
Clean
Sheet
✅

A
dominating
and
disciplined
performance
by
the
Indian
Women’s
Hockey
Team
against
Thailand
in
the
Asian
Champions
Trophy
😍#IndiaKaGame
pic.twitter.com/Inwz40J6du

—
Hockey
India
(@TheHockeyIndia)

December
5,
2021

The
fourth
quarter
saw
Navneet
Kaur
threatening
Thailand’s
defence
with
penetrating
runs
from
the
right
flank.
But
Thailand’s
defensive
troops
managed
to
keep
the
danger
at
bay,
preventing
any
further
damage
to
the
scoreline.

In
the
55th
minute,
Monika
managed
to
get
her
stick
on
a
long
pass
inside
the
circle,
as
she
deflected
the
ball
into
the
back
of
the
nets
to
exceed
India’s
lead
by
another
goal.

Three
minutes
later,
Gurjit
scored
her
fifth
goal
of
the
match
from
a
late
penalty
corner,
adding
in
the
13th
goal
for
India.

This
was
the
Indian
team’s
first
match
since
the
historic
fourth-place
finish
at
the
Tokyo
Olympics.
In
the
absence
of
Captain
Rani,
who
has
been
rested
from
the
tournament,
India
were
led
by
veteran
goalkeeper
Savita.