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Record of Goals: Indian Hockey Team beats Hong Kong China by 26-0 goals
Indian Hockey Team makes record 26 goals in a match in Asiad 2018 at Jakarta, Indonesia breaking own 86 years old record of 214 goals in a match in Olympics
Indian men hockey team on 22nd August 2018 broke their 86-year old record as they defeated Hong Kong China 26-0 in a one-sided Pool B match of the Asian Games in Indonesia.
This is the highest ever victory margin by India.
The previous highest victory margin was 24-1 against the US at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics.
India started with Akashdeep Singh (2nd minute) Manpreet Singh (3rd), Rupinder Pal Singh (4th, 5th) and S.V. Sunil, who scored twice in the seventh minute giving their team a 6-0 lead within the first seven minutes. India scores four goals in the first five minutes of the match.
Rupinderpal Singh (3rd, 5th, 30th, 45th, 59th minutes), Harmanpreet Singh (29th, 52nd, 53rd, 54th) and Akashdeep Singh (2nd, 32nd, 35th) scored a hattrick each.
Manpreet Singh (3rd, 17th), Lalit Upadhyay (17th, 19th), Varun Kumar (23rd, 30th), SV Sunil (7th), Vivek Sagar Prasad (14th), Mandeep Singh (21st), Amit Rohidas (27th), Dilpreet Singh (48th), Chinglensana Singh (51st), Simranjeet Singh (53rd) and Surender Kumar (55th) were the other goal-getters for India.
India ended the first half with the six-goal lead and made it 14-0 by half-time. India’s keeper PR Sreejesh was not challenged even once in the game.
