<p>A brace each from Mandeep Singh and Gursahibjit Singh helped the Indian men’s hockey team drub Malaysia 6-0 in their opening encounter of the Olympic Test event here on Saturday.</p>.<p>Gurinder Singh and SV Sunil were the other players to register their names on the scoresheet.</p>.<p>It was in the eighth minute that India earned their first penalty corner of the match, which was converted by Gurinder. </p>.<p>The start of the second quarter saw India score in the 18th minute through forward Gursahibjit, who was found inside the striking circle by Gurjant Singh.</p>.<p>India continued to attack Malaysia at the start of the third quarter, and it was vice-captain Mandeep, who registered his name on the scoresheet in the 33rd minute, after Jaskaran Singh set him up well through some creative play.</p>.<p>In the last quarter, India put more pressure on their opponents and scored three more goals. In the 46th minute Mandeep scored his second goal of the match.</p>.<p>A Malaysian penalty corner was well-defended by the World No. 5 team, and converted into an attack which was finished off by Mandeep to make it 4-0.</p>.<p>The fifth and sixth goals came in the 56th and 60th minutes as Gursahibjit and Sunil scored respectively.</p>.<p>India will face World No 8 New Zealand on Sunday. </p>.<p class="CrossHead">Indian eves score</p>.<p>The Indian women’s hockey team started its campaign in the Olympic test event with a resilient 2-1 victory over hosts Japan.</p>.<p>India took an early lead through their penalty corner specialist, Gurjit Kaur, in the ninth minute, but the hosts equalised in the 16th minute as Aki Mitsuhashi scored a field goal.</p>.<p>However, Gurjit stepped up again in the 35th minute to convert yet another penalty corner, which turned out to be the decisive goal in the match.</p>
<p>A brace each from Mandeep Singh and Gursahibjit Singh helped the Indian men’s hockey team drub Malaysia 6-0 in their opening encounter of the Olympic Test event here on Saturday.</p>.<p>Gurinder Singh and SV Sunil were the other players to register their names on the scoresheet.</p>.<p>It was in the eighth minute that India earned their first penalty corner of the match, which was converted by Gurinder. </p>.<p>The start of the second quarter saw India score in the 18th minute through forward Gursahibjit, who was found inside the striking circle by Gurjant Singh.</p>.<p>India continued to attack Malaysia at the start of the third quarter, and it was vice-captain Mandeep, who registered his name on the scoresheet in the 33rd minute, after Jaskaran Singh set him up well through some creative play.</p>.<p>In the last quarter, India put more pressure on their opponents and scored three more goals. In the 46th minute Mandeep scored his second goal of the match.</p>.<p>A Malaysian penalty corner was well-defended by the World No. 5 team, and converted into an attack which was finished off by Mandeep to make it 4-0.</p>.<p>The fifth and sixth goals came in the 56th and 60th minutes as Gursahibjit and Sunil scored respectively.</p>.<p>India will face World No 8 New Zealand on Sunday. </p>.<p class="CrossHead">Indian eves score</p>.<p>The Indian women’s hockey team started its campaign in the Olympic test event with a resilient 2-1 victory over hosts Japan.</p>.<p>India took an early lead through their penalty corner specialist, Gurjit Kaur, in the ninth minute, but the hosts equalised in the 16th minute as Aki Mitsuhashi scored a field goal.</p>.<p>However, Gurjit stepped up again in the 35th minute to convert yet another penalty corner, which turned out to be the decisive goal in the match.</p>