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Deepika’s eight goals power India to 19-0 Asian Games hockey win
Deepika Sehrawat scored eight goals, the most by any woman in Asian Games hockey history, as India routed Uzbekistan 19-0 in their Pool B opener in Kakamigahara on Sunday. Six of her…
Deepika Sehrawat scored eight goals, the most by any woman in Asian Games hockey history, as India routed Uzbekistan 19-0 in their Pool B opener in Kakamigahara on Sunday. Six of her goals came from penalty corners. Ishika Chaudhary added a hat-trick, while Lalremsiami, Neha Goyal, Baljeet Kaur, Navneet Kaur, Lalthantluangi and Sakshi Rana also scored.
The win is India's third-largest at the Asian Games, behind the 22-0 defeat of Hong Kong in 1982 and the 21-0 win over Kazakhstan in 2018. Goalkeeper Savita Punia earned her 320th cap, equalling Vandana Katariya as India's most-capped women's player. India face Indonesia in their next match on Monday.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Coverage universally reports Deepika's eight-goal record and the 19-0 scoreline as historic. Times Now and Times of India led with the raw result and individual feat. Hindustan Times stories added context: this is India’s third-biggest Asian Games win, behind 22-0 (1982) and 21-0 (2018), and noted India fell just short of the 22-0 record. One Hindustan Times report also flagged chief coach Sjoerd Marijne's concern over on-field discipline despite the scoreline, a critical detail absent from other outlets. The balanced take: the win is dominant but contextualised by weak opposition and a missed record, while the discipline issue is one to watch as tougher games approach. India play Indonesia on Monday.
Coverage: 5 sources, 5 neutral
Sources (5): timesnownews.com (neutral report), timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report), hindustantimes.com (neutral report), hindustantimes.com (2) (neutral report), hindustantimes.com (3) (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 5 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry.
Updated: this story now draws on 5 sources.
