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Indian hockey team\u2019s preparations for next month\u2019s Olympic Games began on a confident note with a 8-2 route of France in the first of the two friendly matches, says a report in Deccan Herald, <\/strong>adding that after France scored first, SK Uthappa equalised for India while Sandeep Singh\u2019s penalty corner strike gave India 2-1 lead. <\/p>\n

\u201cGurvinder Singh Chandi made it 3-1 but France reduced the margin through a penalty corner variation just before the interval. India added five more goals without reply in the second half.\u00a0 Two minutes after resumption, Shivendra Singh scored a field goal — a deflection off a VR Raghunath attempt — and backed it up with a second strike off a Gurbaj Singh pass within a minute,\u201d says the report, adding Raghunath scored a penalty corner goal in the 40th minute to put India 6-2 ahead.
Later, Sarvanjit Singh scored a field goal before Sandeep Singh, playing as centre forward, added a field goal to complete the rout.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile a report in The Times Of India <\/strong>says that\u00a0 India stepped up the tempo in the second half and added five more goals without reply to reduce the home side to submission in the match played on the conventional green turf and in overcast conditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo minutes after resumption, Shivendra Singh scored a field goal — a deflection off a VR Raghunath attempt — and backed it up with a second strike off a Gurbaj Singh pass within a minute. Raghunath scored a penalty corner goal in the 40th minute to put India 6-2 ahead. Later, Sarvanjit Singh scored a field goal before Sandeep Singh, playing as centre forward, added a field goal to complete the route. The second friendly match will be played on blue turf at Le Touquet,\u201d says the report, adding that PR Sreejesh, Birendra Lakra, Tushak Khandker and SV Sunil were rested in today’s match which saw international debuts for Nitin Thimmiah and Pradhan Somanna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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