INDIA TOTALLY dominated against Hong Kong in the first Group B Hockey match with a score of 7-0 in the Asian Games 2010. Against Hong Kong, India utilised three out of the six penalty corners they earned in the match.
Ace drag-flicker Sandeep Singh converted two penalty corners, before the free-flowing Indian attack toyed with the Hong Kong defence.
Sarvanjit Singh scored another goal to make it 4-0 before the breather.
Within two minutes into the second half, Tushar Khandekar sounded the board while Arjun Halappa added another in quick succession.
Shivendra Singh joined in the 48th minute to complete the Hong Kong rout.
India will face Bangladesh in the next Group match on November 17. A gold medal in hockey in the Asian Games 2010 could give India a direct entry into the 2012 London Olympics.
Known as a nation with great hockey traditions, India's last hockey gold medal in Asian Games came in 1998 at Bangkok. However, India displayed a very disappointing performance in the last Asiad held at Doha not being able to qualify for semi-finals for the first time in history.
Hockey is the national game of India and the entire nation is expecting that the team would perform at top level and bring the gold to the country.
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