India efficiently defended their Girls’s Asian Champions Trophy title with a 1-0 win over China within the thrilling closing on Wednesday. The in-form ahead Deepika Sehrawat scored the one aim of the sport within the third quarter to steer India to a deserving title in Rajgir.
Indian ladies’s hockey workforce equalled South Korea’s report for probably the most Girls’s Asian Champions Trophy titles with their third silverware. India beforehand gained the titles in 2016 and 2023 and likewise equalled South Korea’s report to win the back-to-back titles.
Deepika registered her eleventh aim of the match with a sensational strike from a penalty nook. She was the one to win a penalty for India after which pulled off a surprising drag strike to seek out the underside of the nook within the thirty first minute.
Each groups proved defensively not possible to penetrate with only a few direct possibilities on the aim on the Bihar Sports activities College Hockey Stadium. Junon Kawai conceded a penalty with an intentional push on Deepika and it was sufficient for the host to seek out the breakthrough.
Deepika additionally completed because the main goal-scorer within the eighth version of the Girls’s Champions Trophy. India gained all of their 5 group-stage video games, together with a 3-0 win over China, after which thrashed Japan 2-0 within the semi-final to set the summit conflict in opposition to the two-time finalists China.
China surprisingly proved the higher facet within the opening phases with extra correct passing and relatively higher possession. However India have been fast to get better after which dominated the ultimate after Deepika’s solo aim.
India ladies beginning XI: Savita (GK), Jyoti, Sushila Chanu, Vaishnavi, Lalromsiami, Sharmila Devi, Neha, Salima Take a look at (C), Sangita Kumari, Navneet Kaur, Deepika Sehrawat.