India thrash Poland to set up QF against Belgium

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Sanjay Kumar, Araijeet Singh Hundal and Sudeep Chirmako scored a brace each as defending champions India trounced Poland 8-2 to qualify for the quarter-finals of the FIH Men's Junior Hockey World Cup here on Saturday.

Sanjay shines

After scoring hat-tricks in the first two games, vice-captain Sanjay (4th, 58th) continued his goal-scoring spree for India while Hundal (8th, 60th), who scored a hat-trick against Canada, too registered his name on the scoresheet.

Chirmako scores

Chirmako (24th, 40th) also contributed in team's win while Uttam Singh (34th) and Shardanand Tiwari (38th) were the other goal scorers for the hosts in the Pool B game.

Poland scored both their goals in the fourth and final quarter through Wojciech Rutkowski (50th) and Robert Pawlak (54th).

India will now face runners-up Belgium in the quarter-final on December 1. Belgium topped Pool A ahead of Malaysia on goal difference.

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