Sandeepa kumari
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Youth Hockey5s Asian C'ship: Indian Women's & Men's Teams Continue Unbeaten Runs With Impressive Wins
Elite Pools: The Indian sub-junior women's and men's teams continued their unbeaten runs in their respective Elite Pools at the FIH Youth Hockey5s Asian Championship 2026 in Muscat, Oman, with both scoring big wins on Thursday. The women's team enjoyed a dominant 10-0 win over Kazakhstan while the men's team defeated Bangladesh 8-3.
The Indian women's team started the game strongly, with Nousheen Naz scoring two goals in the first minute itself and leading 2-0 at half-time. They upped the ante in the second half by scoring six goals to assert their dominance.
'Player of the match' Sandeepa Kumari (11', 16', 18') scored a hat-trick while Nousheen went a step further to complete her four-goal haul (1', 1', 15', 20'). Kiran Ekka (15'), Nilam Topno (17') and Pushpa Manjhi (19') completed the rout.
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