Buoyed by back-to-back victories in as many video games, hosts India will look to work on the finer factors of the sport with an purpose to thrash minnows Thailand within the ladies’s Asian Champions Trophy in Rajgir on Thursday. Each India and reigning Olympic silver medallist China are unbeaten so removed from two matches however the hosts have an inferior aim distinction. China are atop the factors desk with a aim distinction of 20, whereas India have a aim distinction of 5 and a good-looking victory on Thursday will solely assist their trigger forward of ultimate two spherical robin matches towards China and Japan.
Japan are positioned third within the factors desk forward of Korea. The highest 4 sides from the spherical robin stage will qualify for the semifinals of the six-team continental event.
In each the matches India created loads of scoring possibilities however failed to attain the quantity of objectives they’d have preferred.
Whereas India defeated Malaysia 4-0 of their event opener, they scored a late aim to eke out a slender 3-2 win over South Korea.
The Indian gamers had been responsible of speeding and faltered in decisions as soon as contained in the opposition circle, a reality which chief coach Harendra Singh admitted.
“…we may have scored extra objectives. We had been responsible of speeding and didn’t search for the correct decisions,” Harendra mentioned after Tuesday’s match.
“We’ll watch clippings of the match and analyse the place we went unsuitable and work on the finer factors,” he added.
One other issue which might be a reason behind concern for Harendra is the staff’s poor penalty nook conversion fee.
Towards Malaysia India secured as many as 11 penalty corners however utilised simply three and that to from oblique makes an attempt.
If that was not sufficient, India didn’t make use of eight set items they managed to earn towards Korea on Tuesday.
The brilliant spot for India has been the performances of forwards Sangita Kumari and Deepika, each scoring three objectives apiece.
Sangita specifically has been a livewire upfront along with her deft stick work, however the likes of Sharmila Devi, Preeti Dubey, Magnificence Dung Dung have to share extra accountability.
Skipper Salima Tete and her deputy Navneet Kaur too want to drag up their socks within the midfield.
A win on Thursday will nearly seal India’s place within the semifinals earlier than powerful matches towards China and Japan.
Going by rankings, ninth positioned India are the second finest aspect within the event after world no.6 China.
And Thailand, who’re ranked twenty ninth on the earth, needs to be a simple outing for the Indians.
In the meantime in different matches of the day, Korea will tackle Malaysia whereas China might be up towards Japan.
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