Tauranga (New Zealand): India thrashed hosts New Zealand 3-1 in the third match of the Four Nations Invitational hockey tournament on Saturday to set up their summit clash against Olympic silver medallist Belgium here on Sunday.
India scored through Harmanpreet Singh, Dilpreet Singh and Mandeep Singh while Kane Russell was the lone scorer for New Zealand. Belgium, on the other hand, sealed their berth after beating Japan 4-1.
India went ahead in the second minute after the pushback via Harmanpreet who converted a penalty corner in beginning of the first quarter. Dilpreet (21’) then sliced open their defence to double India’s lead in the second quarter.
