Jakarta (August 26, 2018): Pakistan hockey team recorded their fourth victory in a row in the Asian Games field hockey tournament as they defeated Malaysia 4-1 on Sunday.However, both teams have qualified to play semi-finals after the preliminary round in which Pakistan will now play their last match against Bangladesh on August 28.
For Pakistan, Ejaz Ahmed scored two goals while Mubasshir Ali and Mohammad Irfan netted one goal each.
Earlier, Pakistan won all their first three matches with big margins – 10-0 against Thailand, 10-0 against Oman and 16-0 against Kazakhstan.
Earlier on August 25, in Asian Games, Pakistan had beat Kazakhstan by 16-0 in preliminary round Hockey match today.
After leading 6-0 at the halftime, the green-shirts hit ten goals in the next 30 minutes. Nine goals came through open play, five via penalty corners and two through penalty strokes.
The scorers include Tauseeq Arshad (4), Abubakr Mahmood (3), Ali Shan (2), Rizwan Sr (2), Umar Bhutta (2) and one each by Dilber, Atiq Arshad, Mubashar Ali.
It was Pakistan’s third consecutive win in the games. Earlier, Pakistan had defeated Thailand and Oman. Pakistan will take on Malaysia in the next match on Sunday.
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