Pakistan beat India 3-1 at Azlan Shah Cup
Pakistan put up an impressive performance and eased past India 3-1 with goals from Umar Bhutta, Mohammad Imran and Sohail Abbas in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.
Rupinder Pal Singh, capitalised on one such opportunity and increased his personal tally, handing India the lead in the 20th minute with a powerful dragflick from their second penalty corner.
However, it was a completely different scenario after the change of ends as, traling by a goal, Pakistan came out all guns blazing and launched continuous raids on the Indian citadel.
Their effors bore fruit in the 49th minute when Butta capiotalised on Diwakar Ram and Gurbaj Singh’s defensive lapse to equalise for Pakistan.
Imran made it 2-1 in the 55th minute converting a penalty corner and two minutes later it was Abbas’ turn to slam home the ball from another short corner to literally take the game away from the Indians.
