It was a historic day for India’s men hockey team on Wednesday as they thrashed Hong Kong China 26-0 in the Pool B match of the ongoing Asian Games in Indonesia. This was India’s biggest International win as they broke their own 86-year-old record of 24-1 win against USA in Olympics. The record for biggest margin of victory is held by New Zealand which had defeated Samoa 36-1 in 1994.
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The Wednesday match, which the Indian hockey team took control of from the very beginning, seemed no more than a practice match with the players easily scorning against their opponents. Rupinderpal Singh took the lead by scoring the first goal in first three minutes followed by another. Many people took to social media to express their happiness and congratulate the players.
Such a pure clinical performance from Indian Hockey Men …. So ruthless against Hong Kong beating them 26 to Nil , breaking 86 year old Asian Games record !!
Waah so nice to watch them play like this. This play continues till the end of tournament 😍 #IndiaKaGame pic.twitter.com/BIcoq0cg31
— 🄻🄰🄻🅄 🅅🄸🄽🄰🅈 (@manthenalalu) August 22, 2018
In a match Indian Hockey Team crush Hong Kong 26-0 in men’s tournament . #KoiKasarNahi @SPNSportsIndia
— Bong _Girl (follow back) (@tamasa_ghoshal) August 22, 2018
Wow!! Now Indian men’s hockey team are on roll.#KoiKasarNahi @SPNSportsIndia
— Tanmoy Ghoshal (follow back please) (@TanmoyGhoshal7) August 22, 2018
De..Dana..Dan…Goaaal
ਏਸ਼ਿਆਈ ਖੇਡਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਭਾਰਤੀ ਹਾਕੀ ਟੀਮ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਫੱਟੇ ਖੜਕਾਉਣੇ ਜਾਰੀ
Indian Men Hockey Team broke 86 years old Record by defeating HongKong by 26-0 in Jakarta Asian Games-2018
(India beat USA by 24-1 in 1932 Los Angles Olympic Games) @asiangames2018 @TheHockeyIndia pic.twitter.com/jjHZUgOJZz— Navdeep Singh Gill (@navgill82) August 22, 2018
#KoiKasarNahi
Indian Men’s Hockey Team done great by score 26 goals against Hong Kong, its awesome win in 18th Asian Games. @SPNSportsIndia— Mahasin (@imahasin1) August 22, 2018
A commendable performance by Indian men’s hockey team in Asian Games 2018, as wins against Hong Kong 26-0. #KoiKasarNahi @SPNSportsIndia
— suman sahani (@sumansahnig) August 22, 2018
History created by Indian Hockey team. beat Hongkong by 26-0 which is a first victory of this kind of margin. Take a bow to the men. #AsianGames2018 @TheHockeyIndia @asiangames2018 pic.twitter.com/ybALsSBL9r
— Neeraj Tiwari🇮🇳 (@neeraj_tiwariji) August 22, 2018
Congratulations @TheHockeyIndia for a record-breaking performance, broke their 86-year old record as they defeated Hong Kong China 26-0 of the Asian Games, biggest International win#AsianGames2018 #AsianGamesOCA2018 #AsianGame2018 #Hockey #JakartaForAsianGames2018 pic.twitter.com/xEBD6vr1zc
— Kailash_Yadav (@patrkaarkailash) August 22, 2018
Indian Men’s hockey team 🇮🇳 thrashes Hong Kong by 26-0..And breaks their 86 year old record set against USA 24-1 at 1932 Olympics.#Congratulations
— Dilip Kumar Tirkey (@DilipTirkey) August 22, 2018
what a fantastic win over Hong kong by men’s @TheHockeyIndia romped to their biggest ever tournament win at the @asiangames2018 with a 26-0 goal #HockeyIndia
🏑— UdaY kr Modi (@udaymaddy) August 22, 2018