~Hina Bano (14’), Sunelita Toppo (24’), and Ishika (31’) have been the goalscorers for India ~
Santiago, Chile, 8 December 2025: The Indian Junior Girls’s Hockey Workforce recorded a commanding 3-1 victory over Wales of their 9/16 qualification match at FIH Junior Girls’s World Cup match on the Centro Deportivo de Hockey Césped, Estadio Nacional, Santiago, on Monday. Hina Bano (14’), Sunelita Toppo (24’), and Ishika (31’) scored for India, whereas Eloise Moat (52’) netted the lone objective for Wales.
India started the sport on the entrance foot, asserting themselves on the opposition with a Penalty Nook within the first 30 seconds. They have been enjoying between the strains to carve out alternatives on common events, however couldn’t discover the opening objective early on. Wales had the chance to get their noses in entrance with a penalty stroke, however have been denied by Nidhi as she made a pointy cease to maintain the scores degree. India finally managed to interrupt the impasse in direction of the top of the primary quarter, courtesy a tap-in from Hina Bano (14’), after some neat work by Sakshi Rana.
Trying to double their benefit, India maintained the strain with one other Penalty Nook initially of the second quarter. They continued to create possibilities usually, and have been rewarded for his or her persistence after Sakshi Rana’s preliminary shot fell to the best way of Sunelita Toppo (24’), who made no mistake from shut vary. With 14 circle penetrations within the first half, India held a deserving 2-0 lead on the break.
India prolonged their result in 3-0 early within the second half as Ishika (31’) discovered the again of the web after a rebound from the Welsh goalkeeper fell her method. Jyoti Singh’s facet managed the tempo of the sport, stretching the Welsh protection by enjoying between the strains and urgent excessive, whereas remaining disciplined and compact on the again. They continued to create possibilities, pushing Wales again in their very own half to shut out the third quarter.
With the lion’s share of possession, India remained in pursuit of extra goalscoring alternatives to additional enhance their benefit within the ultimate quarter. Wales had a gap on the opposite finish and Eloise Moat (52’) made it rely, pulling one again for her facet. Nevertheless, that solely proved to be a comfort objective as India held agency to safe a well-deserved 3-1 win.
India will subsequent play Uruguay on ninth December. All matches of the FIH Junior Girls’s World Cup 2025 are being reside streamed on JioHotstar.
