FIH Youth Asian Hockey5s 2026: India Defeat Pakistan And Oman In Dominant Display

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The Indian sub-junior boys' team maintained its winning run, outplaying Pakistan and Oman in the Elite Pool of the FIH Youth Hockey5s Asian Championship. Meanwhile, the sub-junior girls were held to a 2-2 draw by China before thrashing Uzbekistan 16-0 in another Elite Pool match

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Ketan Kushwaha, captain of Indian sub-junior boys' team in action at the Youth Hockey5s Asian Championship in Muscat, Oman. Photo: AP
Summary of this article
  • The Indian sub-junior boys' team maintaining their winning run defeated Pakistan (7-4) and Oman (14-0) in the elite pool of FIH Youth Hockey5s Asian Championship.

  • The Indian sub-junior girls, meanwhile, were held to a 2-2 draw by China before thrashing Uzbekistan 16-0 in another Elite Pool match.

  • The tournament serves as a qualifier for the inaugural FIH Youth Hockey5s World Cup.

The Indian sub-junior boys' team maintained its winning run, outplaying Pakistan and Oman in the Elite Pool of the FIH Youth Hockey5s Asian Championship.

Led by Ketan Kushwaha, India first registered an emphatic 14-0 win over Oman, with the skipper scoring four goals (6', 11', 15', 20').

Ashish Tani Purti (1', 16', 19') struck a hat-trick, while Rahul Yadav (2', 12') and Shahrukh Ali (3', 13') scored braces.

Prahalad Rajbhar (9'), Karan Gautam (15') and Romit Pal (18') also found the back of the net.

Against Pakistan, India prevailed 7-4, with Karan Gautam (5', 9', 19') completing a hat-trick. Rahul Yadav (3'), Prahalad Rajbhar (10'), captain Kushwaha (11') and Romit Pal (11') were the other scorers for India.

Aslam Muhammad Farhan (6'), Adeel (8') and Usman Muhammad (10', 16') scored for Pakistan.

The Indian sub-junior girls, meanwhile, were held to a 2-2 draw by China before thrashing Uzbekistan 16-0 in another Elite Pool match.

Trailing for most of the contest after Chen Ge (4') put China ahead, India fought back through Nousheen Naz (16', 17'), who scored twice to give her side the lead.

However, Jiaxin Guo (19') netted a late equaliser to earn China a share of the points.

India then rounded off the day with a dominant win over Uzbekistan, Nousheen Naz (6', 9', 15', 16') once again scoring four goals.

Sandeepa Kumari (2', 6', 20') and captain Sweety Kujur (10', 13', 20') struck hat-tricks, while Diya (3', 17') and Pushpa Manjhi (11', 13') added braces.

Kiran Ekka (8') and Nilam Topno (18') also got on the scoresheet.

The tournament serves as a qualifier for the inaugural FIH Youth Hockey5s World Cup.

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