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Junior World Cup Hockey: India sweep aside the Dutch to cruise to semis | Hockey News – Times of India

KUALA LUMPUR: India produced a spectacular display of grit and character to advance to the semifinals with a thrilling 4-3 win over the Netherlands in the hockey men's Junior World Cup here on Tuesday.Trailing 0-2 at half-time and 2-3 in the third quarter, India exhibited immense resilience to beat the Dutch in the quarterfinal and set a last four clash against Germany.The Netherlands set the ball rolling early in the first quarter with a penalty corner conversion from Timo Boers (5').Despite the Indian side playing a solid defence, Pepijn van der Heijden (16') scored for the Netherlands in the second quarter through another penalty corner conversion taking their lead to 2-0 at half-time.India came back strongly in the third quarter with a goal from Aditya Lalage (34') assisted by Araij...
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Hockey: India script stunning comeback, beat Netherlands 4-3 to enter semifinals of Junior World Cup

It was fate that Araijeet Singh Hundal picked up a hockey stick. Flair that got him into the junior India team. And finesse that turned him into a star in a famous win.The 18-year-old 6-foot-3-inch tall forward, born into a family of hockey players, was the goalscorer and provider as he launched India’s comeback in a thrilling Junior World Cup quarterfinal, in which India scored a late winner to beat the Netherlands 4-3 and set-up a semifinal clash against Germany on Thursday. It’ll be a repeat of last edition’s semifinal in which Germany prevailed 4-2. While India went into that match two years ago on the back of a narrow win over Belgium, they will enter the last-four encounter on Thursday buzzing after a nail-biting quarterfinal that saw many match-winning performances. It started wi...