India beat Malaysia

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India continued their winning form as they beat Malaysia 2-0 in their last Pool A match at the Womens Asia Cup held at Kakamigahara Kawasaki Stadium in this Japanese city on Tuesday. Vandana Katariya (54th minute) and Gurjit Kaur (55th) scored for India\'s third successive win in the pool stage. 

Kakamigahara: India continued their winning form as they beat Malaysia 2-0 in their last Pool A match at the Womens Asia Cup held at Kakamigahara Kawasaki Stadium in this Japanese city on Tuesday. Vandana Katariya (54th minute) and Gurjit Kaur (55th) scored for India's third successive win in the pool stage.

The win ensured a quarter-final berth as India head the points table with nine points. The first quarter saw both teams play cautiously. With Malaysia playing defensive hockey, India threaded patiently without making any unforced errors that would bring advantage to Malaysia.

Having ended the first quarter in a stalemate, Malaysia put India on the back foot when they won the first penalty corner of the match in the initial minutes of the second quarter.

However, an alert Rajani Etimarpu made a brilliant save. The next few minutes saw both teams trade penalty corners. While India earned one penalty corner, Malaysia were awarded two but they didn't lead to goals.

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