Indian junior women’s hockey team beat South Africa 8-1

JOHANNESBURG [South Africa]: The Indian Junior Women’s Hockey Team began their campaign in South Africa with a convincing 8-1 win on Friday.

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.

The Indian Junior Women’s team will play two more matches against the South Africa U-21 team on February 18 and 20 followed by two matches against South Africa “A’ team on February 24 and 25. (ANI)