High five for Deepika as India rout Thailand 13-0

India forward Deepika celebrates one of her goals against Thailand yesterday. Pic/Hockey India

Young striker Deepika slammed five goals as defending champions India thrashed minnows Thailand 13-0 to virtually assure a semi-final berth at the women's Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament here on Thursday. It was a completely one-sided match as the Indians found the net at will, with Thailand failing to take a single shot at the opposition goal.

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Deepika (3rd, 19th, 43rd 45th, 45th minutes) found the net five times, while Preeti Dubey (9th, 40th), Lalremsiami (12, 56th) and Manisha Chauhan (55th, 58th) scored a brace each. Beauty Dung Dung (30th) and Navneet Kaur (53rd) were the other goal getters for India, who registered their third consecutive win in the round-robin league stage. India had earlier defeated Malaysia 4-0 and South Korea 3-2. India will next play Olympic silver medallists China on Saturday.

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