India maul Pak 7-1 in Hockey World League Semi-Final

A clinical performance from India led them to an emphatic 7-1 win over a hapless Pakistan here on Sunday. This was India’s third consecutive victory and it sealed a place for them in the quarter-finals of the Hockey World League Semi-Final, here on Sunday.

Dragflicker Harmanpreet Singh (13th minute, 33rd), Talwinder Singh (21st, 24th), Akashdeep Singh (47th, 59th) and Pradeep Mor (49th) scored for India at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, while Pakistan’s consolation goal came from the stick of Muhammad Umar Bhutta (57th).

India are atop Pool B with three wins from as many games, just ahead of The Netherlands, who are placed second.

Pakistan, on the other hand, are at the bottom of the pool after losing all three matches they have played so far.