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New Delhi. Saturday was a great day for India in the world of sports. Indian players (Team India ) defeated Pakistan not once or twice but thrice in a day. At some places, the Indian warriors defeated Pakistan and won the gold medal, while at some places, all four lost the Khon Chit Ka trophy in the finals. Something amazing happened on the hockey field. This is the first time that the Indian men’s hockey team has defeated Pakistan by a margin of 10 goals. Before this, the biggest victory of both the teams against each other has been by a margin of 9 goals. Let us know which 3 such wounds India has given to Pakistan in one day, which it will regret for years.
In the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Abhay Singh showed amazing composure in a volatile match and achieved the biggest victory of his career by defeating Noor Zaman, thereby helping top seed India give a thrilling contest to arch-rival Pakistan in the men’s team squash event. Won the gold medal by defeating India had lost to this arch rival in the league stage against Pakistan. Zaman (ranked 113) had defeated world number 69 Abhay in the league stage match and on Saturday too, the Pakistani player was looking tough in the match for most parts of the match.
Abhay registered a memorable victory in the marathon race.
After Nasir Iqbal’s victory in singles, Saurav Ghoshal was successful in leveling the score at 1-1, due to which the gold medal was to be decided by the match between Abhay and Zaman. The hero of the day was Chennai’s Abhay, who showed amazing composure and defeated Zaman 3-2 in the ups and downs deciding match. Zaman was leading 9-7 in the fourth game and 10-8 in the deciding game. But Indian player Abhay somehow came back and registered a memorable victory in the 64-minute marathon match with the scores of 11-7, 9-11, 8-11, 11-9, 12-10.
Saurav Ghoshal made a comeback
Experienced Ghoshal brought India back into the contest with a 3-0 (11-5, 11-1, 11-3) win over Mohammad Asim Khan. Because Mahesh Mangavankar had lost to Iqbal Nasir in the opening match by the same margin (8-11, 2-11. 3-11). In this way India avenged the defeat suffered by Pakistan in the league stage. India had won the men’s team squash gold medal at the Incheon 2014 stage while Pakistan had last won the gold medal at Guangzhou 2010.
India won SAFF Under-19 Championship by defeating Pakistan
The Indian team defeated Pakistan 3-2 in the final of the South Asian Football (SAFF) Championship and captured the trophy. The football teams of India and Pakistan were face to face at Dashrath Rangsala Stadium in Nepal. The happiness on the faces of Indian players after defeating Pakistan was worth seeing. Team India had booked the ticket for the final by defeating host Nepal, while Pakistan had entered the title match by defeating Bhutan. India has captured this trophy for the second consecutive time. Last year, Team India achieved the honor of becoming champion by defeating Bangladesh in the final.
Team India’s historic victory in hockey
With the help of captain Harmanpreet Singh scoring four goals, the Indian hockey team defeated arch-rival Pakistan 10-2 in a one-sided match and secured a place in the semi-finals of the Asian Games 2023. This is India’s biggest win against Pakistan in terms of goal difference. Harmanpreet scored in the 11th, 17th, 33rd and 34th minutes while Varun Kumar scored two goals (41st and 54th). Mandeep Singh (8th), Sumit (30th), Shamsher Singh (46th) and Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (49th), playing his 150th international match, were the other players to score goals.
In a match completely dominated by India, Mohammad Khan (38th) and Abdul Rana (45th) scored goals to reduce the margin of defeat for Pakistan. This was the 180th match between the two teams and the victory by a margin of 8 goals is the biggest victory so far in the history of India-Pakistan hockey.
