Last Update: February 18, 2023, 10:01 IST
Indian Junior Women’s Hockey Team vs South Africa (HI)
Deepika along with Rujata Dadaso Pisal, Ritika Singh, Sunelita Toppo, Deepika Soreng and Anu scored a goal each to help India beat South Africa 8–1.
The Indian junior women’s hockey team began their campaign in South Africa with an emphatic 8-1 win over the hosts.
The visitors displayed good structure in their attack with a flurry of goals from the first minute of the match.
The goal was scored by Deepika Sr. (1′, 30′), vice-captain Rujata Dadaso Pisal (18′), Ritika Singh (20′), Sunilita Toppo (28′), Dipika Soreng (36′) and Annu (44′) on Friday.
For South Africa, Mikaela Le Roux (36′) was the lone scorer.
The Indian junior women’s team will play two more matches against the South Africa U-21 team on Saturday and Monday, followed by two matches against the South Africa ‘A’ team on February 24 and 25 respectively.
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