Harmanpreet Singh Scores Twice As India Thrash Spain 6-16Photo© firstpost.com

Harmanpreet Singh Scores Twice As India Thrash Spain 6-1

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Dragflicker Harmanpreet Singh scored a brace as the Indian men's hockey team defeated world number eight Spain 6-1 in their second match of Tour of Belgium in Antwerp on Saturday. Harmanpreet (28th, 32nd minutes), skipper Manpreet Singh (24th), Nilakanta Sharma (39th), Mandeep Singh (56th) and Rupinderpal Singh (59th) were the goal scorers as world number 5 India capped off a brilliant performance. India started the match aggressively and almost immediately were in the ascendancy by creating problems for the Spanish defence with a host of circle penetrations.

Despite the possession, India found it tough to win a penalty corner or create clear scoring opportunities in the first quarter.

It was, in fact, Spain who won the first penalty corner of the game towards the end of the first quarter, forcing India's goalkeeper PR Sreejesh into a fine, reflex save to keep the scores level.