Breaking Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2018 - India beat Malaysia

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India thrash hosts Malaysia to pick their maiden win of tournament

India mauled hosts Malaysia 5-1 to earn an outside chance of qualifying for the final of the Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament.

India scored through Shilanand Lakra (10th minute), Gurjant Singh (42nd, 57th), Sumit Kumar (48th) and Ramandeep Singh (51st) to register their first full three points in the tournament and keep themselves afloat.
Faizal Saari (33rd) was the lone goal scorer for the home team.

 

[RamCharan]

World champions Australia defeated Ireland 4-1 to already seal their place in the final with four wins from as many matches, but barring Ireland all four other teams are in with a chance to qualify for the summit clash.

Australia are leading the points table with 12 points ahead of second-placed and Olympic champions Argentina (7 points), Malaysia (6), England (5) and India (4). Ireland are already out of the race with four consecutive defeats.

 

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For India to qualify for the final, they will first have to beat Ireland by a big margin on Friday and hope Australia beat Argentina and the final round robin match between Malaysia and England ends in a draw.

 

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