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Jr women Hockey World Cup: India records a 4-0 win over Ireland
Purnima Yadav (42'58"), Kanika Siwach (12'), & Sakshi Rana (57') score for India
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Prabhjot Paul Singh - Sat, 06, Dec 2025
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Kanika Siwach in action during the game / Hockey India
India recorded its second win in three matches in the FIH Hockey World Cup for Junior Women in Santiago, Chile. India defeated Ireland 4-0.
Purnima Yadav (42', 58'), Kanika Siwach (12'), and Sakshi Rana (57') scored the goals for India.
After defeating Namibia 13-0, India lost to Germany 1-3 in its earlier games.
India made a bright start in the first quarter and showed great attacking intent, winning an early penalty corner in the first 12 seconds of the match. However, its attempt proved abortive.
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India continued to build the pressure, winning its second penalty corner in the tenth minute, but the chance was squandered again. However, two minutes later, Sakshi Rana played the perfect pass to Kanika Siwach (12') inside the circle, who diligently went around the charging Irish goalkeeper and slotted the ball into an open net to break the deadlock.
India built on its dominant form, winning two consecutive penalty corners in the 17th and 23rd minutes, respectively, but Ireland's goalkeeper Lucy McGoldrick made two strong saves to prevent the scoreline from changing.
Ireland's first attempt on goal came in the 24th minute, but the Indian goalkeeper thwarted it. Towards the end of the second quarter, India won its fifth penalty corner in the 28th minute but once again couldn't capitalise on the opportunity and ended the first half with a one-goal lead.\
The third quarter saw India hold the ball more and stretch the Irish defence as it continued to control the tempo of the game. In the 40th minute, India's Manisha played an incisive pass to Sukhveer Kaur, but her shot went whiskers over the post, narrowly missing the net. Moments later, in the 42nd minute, India won another penalty corner, which was perfectly converted by Sakshi Shukla, who played a strong pass to Purnima Yadav (42') in front of goal as she deflected the ball into the net to extend India's advantage.
The fourth quarter saw Ireland fight back as Eabha Curran was through on goal and took a shot towards the bottom right corner of the post. However, her attempt was stopped by a perfectly timed block by Nandini.
In the 57th and 58th minutes, India scored back-to-back goals to further build on its lead. First, Sakhi Rana (57') showcased incredible 3D skills from the left flank as she went past the defenders and took a powerful shot, beating the goalkeeper and finding the bottom corner of the goalpost. This was followed by Purnima Yadav's (58') second goal of the match, as she did well to calmly deflect the ball over the goalkeeper into the net to register India's fourth and final goal of the match.
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