China were supposed to be India's toughest test in the women's Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament. Though China, ranked world No. 6, are without 13 out of the 16 players from the side that won the Paris Olympics silver more than three months ago, it is still strong enough to be called the toughest in the continent.
It seemed so too in the first half where chief coach Harendra Singh's side did their best to penetrate the Chinese striking circle, mount multiple attacks on their goal but the defence as well as Wu Surong and Li Ting in the goal repulsed the Indian attacks as the scoreline stayed 0-0 at half-time.
But Harendra, who is on his first assignment in a fresh stint with the team, had a few words to say to the girls, who turned up a recharged unit post the break to transform the complexion of the game at the Rajgir Hockey Stadium in Bihar on Saturday.
Sangita Kumari (32nd), skipper Salima Tete (37th) and Deepika Sehrawat (60th) scored to hand India a 3-0 win, their fourth win on the trot that all but assures a top finish in the round robin of the six-team tournament.
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