Junior Asia Hockey Cup: Pakistan down Thailand by 9/0
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Pakistan Junior Hockey Team on Wednesday defeated Thailand by nine goals to zero achieving the second consecutive win at the Junior Asia Cup in Salalah being played in Oman, reported the 24NewsHD Tv channel.
Men's Junior Asia Cup
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Salalah (OMA) 2023 – DAY 2
Moments of the Match
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According to reports, Pakistan got off to a slow start as they could not score any goal in the first 10 minutes.
The deadlock ended in the 15th minute when Abdul Shahid scored the first goal.
Four minutes later Abdul Rehman scored his first goal of the match and doubled Pakistan’s lead whereas Abdul Wahab made it 3-0 for Pakistan in the last minute of the first half.
In the second half, Abdul Rehman showed some impressive Hockey skills and scored four more goals to make it 7-0 in the 48th minute.
Two more goals were scored in the last quarter as Pakistan won the match by 9-0.
Three-time champions, Pakistan will play their next match against arch-rivals India on 27 May.