NEW DELHI: Harendra Singh was re-appointed the Indian ladies’s hockey workforce’s coach earlier this 12 months, and he achieved his first goal on Wednesday by guiding the workforce to profitable the Asian Champions Trophy in Rajgir, Bihar, to retain their crown.
In a pulsating remaining, the hosts defeated China 1-0, with match’s high goal-scorer Deepika scoring the one objective of the sport with a reverse hit off a set-piece within the 31st minute. She completed the occasion with 11 targets and was named the ‘Participant of the Match’.
After the match, the workforce gathered within the centre of the pitch as Harendra joined them to rejoice the triumph.
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It’s India’s third ACT title, having beforehand received it in 2016 and 2023.
Within the earlier match on Wednesday for the third-place, Japan defeated Malaysia 4-1.
Harendra, who was teaching the US males’s workforce earlier than accepting the provide to teach the Indian ladies’s workforce as soon as once more, has been introduced again with the imaginative and prescient of serving to the workforce qualify for the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028 after lacking the Paris bus.
Earlier than that, on the Tokyo Olympics, the Indian ladies’s workforce registered their finest ever efficiency with a fourth-place end.
“Group India has as soon as once more confirmed their mettle with an unbeaten run within the Ladies’s Asian Champions Trophy 2024!” Hockey India wrote on ‘X’. “After the heartbreak of the Olympic Qualifiers earlier this 12 months, our women have bounced again with unparalleled resilience and confidence, dominating the match from begin to end.
“This victory is a testomony to their power, talent and unwavering dedication. An enormous thanks to the unimaginable crowd in Rajgir – your power and help had been the driving power behind our women each step of the way in which! Collectively, we have turned the tide and introduced the trophy house as soon as extra!”
The Bihar authorities has determined to award Rs 10 lakh to each participant of the workforce and coach Harendra.
The remainder of the help workers will get Rs 5 lakh every.
