{"id":46896,"date":"2026-09-09T09:01:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T09:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=46896"},"modified":"2026-09-09T09:01:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T09:01:18","slug":"hockey-junior-asia-cup-captain-anmol-ikka-scores-six-goals-as-india-demolish-chinese-taipei-15-0-to-reach-semifinals-hockey-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=46896","title":{"rendered":"Hockey Junior Asia Cup: Captain Anmol Ikka scores six goals as India demolish Chinese Taipei 15-0 to reach semifinals | Hockey News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133959103,imgsize-156384,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/junior-hockey-asia-cup.jpg\" alt=\"Hockey Junior Asia Cup: Captain Anmol Ikka scores six goals as India demolish Chinese Taipei 15-0 to reach semifinals\" title=\"Photo credit: X\/@TheHockeyIndia\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Photo credit: X\/@TheHockeyIndia\">Photo credit: X\/@TheHockeyIndia<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Captain Anmol Ikka scored six goals as defending champions India ended their pool-stage campaign with a 15-0 win over Chinese Taipei to reach the semifinals of the men&#8217;s Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament in Moqi, China, on Wednesday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Anmol scored all six of his goals from penalty corners as India recovered from a goalless first quarter and took complete control of the match over the remaining three quarters.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>India finished on top of Pool A with 10 points from three wins and a draw. South Korea also reached the semifinals from the group after beating Japan 3-2 to finish second with nine points.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Japan, Indonesia and Chinese Taipei were knocked out of the title race and will now play classification matches.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>India dominated possession in the opening quarter but could not score against a disciplined Chinese Taipei defence.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Coach Frederic Soyez used the first-quarter break to ask for more intensity, and India responded immediately.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Aryan Xess opened the scoring in the 17th minute before Prabhdeep Singh doubled the lead a minute later. Gursewak Singh added India&#8217;s third goal in the 22nd minute, with the team scoring three goals in five minutes.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Anmol then started his scoring run. He converted a penalty corner in the 25th minute for his first goal. Arjun Santosh Hargude made it 5-0 in the 28th minute before Anmol scored again from another penalty corner in the 29th minute.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>India went into half-time with a 6-0 lead.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>The defending champions continued attacking after the break and earned two penalty corners within the first three minutes of the third quarter.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>Anmol converted both chances to complete his hat-trick and then added another penalty corner goal to take his tally to four.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>Ajeet Yadav scored India&#8217;s ninth goal in the 35th minute after another attacking move.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>Anmol was not done yet. He converted another penalty corner in the 45th minute to score his fifth goal of the match as India ended the third quarter with a 10-0 lead.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>India continued scoring in the final quarter. Harpal scored a field goal in the 48th minute before Anmol converted his sixth penalty corner in the 51st minute.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/>Harpal added his second goal of the match, while Aryan Xess also completed a brace as India finished with a 15-0 victory and sealed a place in the semifinals.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/hockey\/top-stories\/hockey-junior-asia-cup-captain-anmol-ikka-scores-six-goals-as-india-demolish-chinese-taipei-15-0-to-reach-semifinals\/articleshow\/133958582.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo credit: X\/@TheHockeyIndia Captain Anmol Ikka scored six goals as defending champions India ended their pool-stage campaign with a 15-0 win over Chinese Taipei to reach the semifinals of the men&#8217;s Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament in Moqi, China, on Wednesday.Anmol scored all six of his goals from penalty corners as India recovered from a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}