Indian junior men’s hockey team kicked off their Tour of Europe with a win over Belgium. India took the lead early in the game with vice-captain Shardanand Tiwari firing in a penalty stroke. The second quarter saw the vice-captain complete his brace to double the team’s lead with yet another penalty stroke.
Belgium converted a penalty corner early in the third quarter to reduce the goal deficit to one. With just a few minutes left in the game, the Belgians converted yet another penalty corner to equalize.
As no more goals were scored in the regulation time, the fourth quarter ended with the scoreline reading 2-2 taking the game into a shootout.
Gurjot Singh, Sourabh Anand Kushwaha, Dilraj Singh and Manmeet Singh scored for the Indian colts in the penalty shoot-out while goalkeeper Prince Deep Singh made two brilliant saves as they won the penalty shoot-out 4-2 to begin their Europe tour with a win.
India will play their next match against Belgium in Breda, The Netherlands tomorrow.