Saturday, May 15, 2010

India Reaches the Finals of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Team India continued their dream run at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup when they defeated Egypt 7:1 to reach the finals of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. his will be India’s sixth appearance in the final of the Azlan Shah Cup, winning four times, in 1985, 1991, 1995 and last year. Their only defeat in the final was against Argentina in the 2008 edition.
As for Korea, they have lifted the trophy only once, that too in 1996 and have lost in all other finals they qualified – 1999, 2000,2001 and 2005
Although the first half looked tensed and India was able to score just a single goal, the second half was completely different. India scored 6 goals in 30 minutes with a hat trick from Dhananjay Mahadik and other goals by Rajpal, Tushar and debutant Rupinder Pal Singh who scored his first International Goal

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