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August 14, 2001 |
Indian juniors score: Poznan hockeyIndia defeated Malaysia 3-2 in their opening match in the six-nation Junior Challenge trophy hockey tournament at Poznan, Poland, on Monday evening. According to Indian Hockey Federation secretary-general K Jyothikumaran, the young Indian team, comprising players from the victorious Asian Cup under-18 squad, led 2-0 at half-time, thanks to the brilliance of forward Inderjit Singh. However, Malaysia came back strongly in the second half and scored twice in quick succession to make it 2-2. In fact, Malaysia had a chance to wrest the lead but they missed a penalty-stroke as Indian custodian Suraj Kanda effected a brilliant save, before Kamalpreet Singh found the match-winner in the closing stages of the match to ensure full points for India. In other matches, Germany thrashed Russia 8-0 while England defeated hosts Poland 2-0. UNI
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