<div>Harmanpreet Singh successfully converted four penalty corners as India overpowered traditional rivals Pakistan 6-2 in the final of the 8th Junior Men's Asia Cup hockey tournament at the Wisma Belia Hockey Stadium here on Sunday.<br /><br />Harmanpreet scored his hat-trick inside 30 minutes to ease the issue for India. Armaan Qureshi (44th minute) and Manpreet jr. (50th) were the other goal-scorers for India.<br />India started the match on a positive note, pressing hard since the opening minute of the first half and were soon awarded with a penalty corner in the 10th minute.<br /><br />Harmanpreet converted the penalty corner to take his tally to 12 goals in the tournament and give India an early advantage of 1-0. <br /><br />India were again awarded with back-to-back penalty corners in the 13th and 14th minute -- the second one being fruitful for Harmanpreet.<br /><br />Pakistan fought back in the 28th minute with a successful penalty corner from Yaqoob Muhammad.<br /><br />However, India again got b ack on attack and earned another penalty corner that completed hat-trick for Harmanpreet two minutes later as India went into the lemon break with a 3-1 lead.<br /><br />The second half saw the Indian domination continue with Qureshi scoring in the 44th minute. Manpreet jr. made it 5-1 in the 50th minute.<br /><br />Three minutes later, senior Indian international Harmanpreet once again executed a perfect penalty corner conversion that made it a stunning 6-1 lead.<br /><br />Harmanpreet took his tournament goal tally to 15 goals -- highest in the eight-nation meet.<br /><br />Dilber Muhammad got the second goal for Pakistan in the 68th minute as the match ended 6-2 in India's favour.<br /><br />India chief coach Harendra Singh said his team was "hungry" for the title after finish runners-up to Britain in the 5th Sultan of Johor Cup last month.<br /><br />"It was an exciting final and the boys displayed immaculate passion and calmness on the field. We ended up as runners-up in the 5th Sultan of Johor Cup which made it an even bigger win as we were hungry for the podium position," Harendra said in a release.<br /><br />"The support was immense and we felt we were playing in our own backyard. We only have to look forward from here and keep giving such excellent performances."<br /></div>
<div>Harmanpreet Singh successfully converted four penalty corners as India overpowered traditional rivals Pakistan 6-2 in the final of the 8th Junior Men's Asia Cup hockey tournament at the Wisma Belia Hockey Stadium here on Sunday.<br /><br />Harmanpreet scored his hat-trick inside 30 minutes to ease the issue for India. Armaan Qureshi (44th minute) and Manpreet jr. (50th) were the other goal-scorers for India.<br />India started the match on a positive note, pressing hard since the opening minute of the first half and were soon awarded with a penalty corner in the 10th minute.<br /><br />Harmanpreet converted the penalty corner to take his tally to 12 goals in the tournament and give India an early advantage of 1-0. <br /><br />India were again awarded with back-to-back penalty corners in the 13th and 14th minute -- the second one being fruitful for Harmanpreet.<br /><br />Pakistan fought back in the 28th minute with a successful penalty corner from Yaqoob Muhammad.<br /><br />However, India again got b ack on attack and earned another penalty corner that completed hat-trick for Harmanpreet two minutes later as India went into the lemon break with a 3-1 lead.<br /><br />The second half saw the Indian domination continue with Qureshi scoring in the 44th minute. Manpreet jr. made it 5-1 in the 50th minute.<br /><br />Three minutes later, senior Indian international Harmanpreet once again executed a perfect penalty corner conversion that made it a stunning 6-1 lead.<br /><br />Harmanpreet took his tournament goal tally to 15 goals -- highest in the eight-nation meet.<br /><br />Dilber Muhammad got the second goal for Pakistan in the 68th minute as the match ended 6-2 in India's favour.<br /><br />India chief coach Harendra Singh said his team was "hungry" for the title after finish runners-up to Britain in the 5th Sultan of Johor Cup last month.<br /><br />"It was an exciting final and the boys displayed immaculate passion and calmness on the field. We ended up as runners-up in the 5th Sultan of Johor Cup which made it an even bigger win as we were hungry for the podium position," Harendra said in a release.<br /><br />"The support was immense and we felt we were playing in our own backyard. We only have to look forward from here and keep giving such excellent performances."<br /></div>