~Vice-Captain Shardanand Tiwari (3’, 27’) scored a brace~
Antwerp, twentieth Might: The Indian Junior Males’s Hockey crew kicked off their Tour of Europe with a 2-2 (4-2 SO) win over Belgium within the first match of the tour which was performed in Antwerp, Belgium. Vice-Captain Shardanand Tiwari (3’, 27’) scored a brace for the Indian Colts.
The Indian Junior Males’s Hockey Group took the lead early within the sport with Vice Captain Shardanand Tiwari (3’) firing in a penalty stroke. They maintained their tempo all through the primary quarter to carry onto their lead going into the break.
The second quarter noticed Shardanand Tiwari (27’) return to double the crew’s lead with one more penalty stroke because the half ended with the guests main 2-0.
Belgium transformed a penalty nook early within the third quarter to cut back the purpose deficit to 1. No additional targets have been scored within the quarter because the rating learn 2-1 in favour of the Indian Junior Males’s Hockey Group on the finish of the third quarter.
Though the Indian Colts had a one-goal lead going into the ultimate quarter, Belgium didn’t give them a lot respiration house and stored the stress on them. With only a few minutes left within the sport, the Belgians transformed one more penalty nook to equalize. As no extra targets have been scored within the regulation time, the fourth quarter ended with the scoreline studying 2-2 taking the sport right into a shootout.
Gurjot Singh, Sourabh Anand Kushwaha, Dilraj Singh and Manmeet Singh scored for the Indian colts within the penalty shoot-out whereas goalkeeper Prince Deep Singh made two sensible saves as they gained the penalty shoot-out 4-2 to start their Europe tour with a win.
The Indian Junior Males’s crew will play their subsequent match in opposition to Belgium in Breda, Netherlands on twenty second Might.
