Junior Men's Hockey World Cup: India get the measure of England

LUCKNOW: Indians brought out their best game when it mattered as they tamed England 5-3 in a crucial Pool D en counter to enter the quarterfinals of the Junior Men's Hockey World Cup at Major Dhyan Chand stadium on Saturday .
Despite a sluggish start and a wobbly finish, they displayed the speed, skill and intelligence inside the rival's circle to fashion an impressive win. The victory now takes India to the doorsteps of topping the pool and avoiding six-time champions Germany in the last eight.They now play South Africa in their final league match on Monday . If they even draw that match, they will emerge as the best from the pool.
Indian forwards Mandeep Singh, Santa Singh and Parvinder Singh started with a flourish, testing the England defenders in waves. However, they slackened a bit and that gave England the chance to get the opening goal of the match. Jack Turner made the spadework by weaving into the Indian circle in the 10th minute, and passed to Jack Clee, who scooped the ball past Indian custodian Vikas Dahiya.
Stung by the reverse, the Indians, cheered by a sizeable home crowd, hit back with purpose. They found the equalizer in the 24th minute when Parvinder found the net after a goal-mouth melee. Few minutes later they were unlucky not to find the target when a 1-2 by Varun Kumar and Mandeep Singh saw the latter's connect clipping the side post and going out.
But India surged ahead at the stroke of breather when English captain James Albery failed to stop a cross from the left. Armaan Qureshi, who was lurking nearby , trapped the ball home. Then, two minutes into the second-half, Harmanpreet Singh pulled down the English defence with a hard and low push to the right of goalkeeper Chris Wyver.
That seemed to open the gates, as Varun Kumar ran in from the right in the 48th minute to side-step an onrushing Wyver and passed the ball to Simranjeet Singh, who took his time and pushed it into the an empty cage. Then again, Varun Kumar beat Wyver off a short corner. He placed his drag-flick high to the right right of Wyver.
England got back two goals late in the game, but Indians had enough cushion to come out unscathed.
Austria continue impressive run
Minnows Austria continued to impress junior Hockey World Cup as they hammered Korea 5-2 to remain in contention for a surprise quarterfinal berth from Pool A in the 16-team tournament.