India got their Junior Hockey World Cup campaign off to a flier with a 4-0 win over Canada in Lucknow on Thursday.
Mandeep Singh opened the scoring for India just before half-time. Harmanpreet Singh doubled the lead from a penalty stroke after the break.
Varun Kumar added one more from India’s fifth penalty corner of the game.
Ajit Pandey made it four near the end as India formed a final attack to create a brilliant field goal.
As many as eight players in Canadian starting 11 were of Indian origin with five more on bench.
FIH to reschedule match timings due to dense fog
Dense fog prevalent in Lucknow has forced the International Hockey Federation to reschedule the evening match timings of the men’s Junior Hockey World Cup, which began at the Major Dhyan Chand Astroturf Stadium on Thursday, PTI reported.
As per the revised scheduled, the last match every day will now be played from 6 pm instead of 7 pm and 8 pm starts, as scheduled earlier.
“Due to persistent concerns surrounding the heavy fog that has been present in the early mornings and late evenings at the Junior Hockey World Cup 2016, the FIH, in consultation with Hockey India and our global broadcast partner Star Sports, has made the proactive decision to make adjustments to the match schedule,” the FIH said in a statement.