Women's Hockey Asia Cup 2025: India hammers Thailand in opener - Highlights

Udita scores one late goal on a penalty corner to take India into half-time with a 5-0 lead

It's all India in the first half, and Thailand hardly had any touches in the Indian final third as they have been under a lot of pressure from the Indian midfield's pressing.

Navneet caused a lot of trouble in Thai defense, making her quick runs through the defense and making it an easy goal for her teammates with her accurate passes.

India 5-0 Thailand

25' A scratchy play in Thailand's penalty circle

India 4-0 Thailand

India croded the Thai penalty circle and induced a couple of fiery shots on the goal, but their goalkeeper somehow saved those to keep the scoresheet unchanged.

20' Lalremsiami scores another quick goal for India after a one-two with Navneet Kaur

India 4-0 Thailand

India had 2 on 1 situation against the Thai goalkeeper with Navneet and Lalremsiami playing a 1-2 pass to make it an easy tap-in in the goal and doubling India's first-quarter lead.

16' Beauty Dung Dung scores the third goal of the match

India 3-0 Thailand

End of first quarter: India 2-0 Thailand

India starts their campaign on a positive note, scoring two goals in the first quarter of the match thanks to two clinical finishes from Mumtaz Khan and Sangita Kumari.

The team will be hoping to score a few more goals and make a good goal difference after the first matchday. 

Q1 | IND 2 - 0 THA

Sangeeta doubles the score line for India.

India working the left flank again...a reverse stick sends a ball through across the face of goal and just like the 1st goal, a deflection to send the ball goal bound, does the trick for India.

Q1 | IND 1 - 0 THA

Mumtaz scores for India.

Rutuja moves into the final Thailand third from the left flank and sends a through ball across the face of the goal.

Mumtaz puts in a superlative dive and deflects the ball into the Thai goal and with 8' left in Q1, India opens the scoring.

7' India scores the opening goal in the 7th minute, gaining an early advantage in the match

India 1-0 Thailand

Here is the starting lineup for India in this opening fixture of the tournament against Thailand

Salima Tete is going to lead the side in this match, while Bichu Devi will be the goalkeeper for India, having the support of experienced defenders like Udita and Jyoti.

On the other hand, in the absence of injured Deepika, the attacking duty will be on Mumtaz Khan and Navnnet Kaur

Up Next: - India Women's Vs Thailand at 12:00 PM IST

India is the favourite to win this opening fixture against Thailand, who are quite low in the FIH World Rankings at the 30th position, while India is in 10th place.

Head-to-Head Record: India 6-0 Thailand