ISLAMABAD, Sep 02 (DNA): India Saturday defeated Pakistan in a thrilling
final of 5s Asia Hockey Cup o penalty shoot-outs to claim the title of
the event.
Pakistan hockey team won the silver medal. Pakistan captain Rana
Abdulwaheed Ashraf scored 27 goals and became the top scorer of the
event, while Pakistan’s goalkeeper Abdullah Ishtiaq Khan was awarded the
best goalkeeper award.
The final of the ongoing five-aside Asia Cup in Salalah, Oman was played
between two traditional rivals, Pakistan and India, which was tied 4-4
at the scheduled time.
For Pakistan, Arshad Liaquat and Murtaza Yaqoob went for penalty
shootout. In the first penalty shootout, Arshad managed to get a penalty
stroke on the foul of the opposing goalkeeper. However, Murtaza Yaqoob
failed to score the goal on penalty stroke.
Murtaza scored the goal on shootout on his turn but was not given for
shielding the opposing goalkeeper.
For Pakistan, Rana Waheed Ashraf, Arshad Liaquat, Zakaria Hayat and
Abdul Rahman scored goals in the allotted time. For India, Jugraj Singh,
Maninder Singh scored one goal each while Mohammad Raheel scored two
goals.
Gurjot Singh and Maninder Singh scored goals for India in the penalty
shoot-outs.
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