BANGLADESH: INDIA BEAT PAKISTAN 3-2 TO WIN THE PRIME MINISTER'S GOLD CUP INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY TOURNAMENT IN DHAKA

Record ID: 264189

  • Title: BANGLADESH: INDIA BEAT PAKISTAN 3-2 TO WIN THE PRIME MINISTER'S GOLD CUP INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY TOURNAMENT IN DHAKA
  • Date: 20th March 2001
  • Summary: DHAKA, BANGLADESH (MARCH 20, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) (INDIA IN BLUE, PAKISTAN IN GREEN) 1. PAKISTAN TEAM SCORING A FIELD GOAL AGAINST INDIA IN THE FINAL 2. VARIOUS OF THE MATCH 3. INDIAN SUPPORTERS 4. DALJIT SINGH OF INDIA SCORES DURING PENALTY SHOOT-OUT TO WIN THE MATCH 5. VARIOUS OF INDIAN PLAYERS CELEBRATING VICTORY 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) INDIAN HOCKEY CAPTAIN BALJIT SINGH DHILLON SAYING: "Today we played very good game and Pakistan also played very good game. We missed chances. I think the game (of both teams) is same. We played after long time. Both the teams played attacking hockey. We both missed the chances and after seven and a half minutes, the match was draw. In the tie-breaker, our boys did a very good job." 7. INDIAN PLAYERS CELEBRATING VICTORY 8. INDIAN SUPPORTERS CELEBRATING 9. INDIAN PLAYERS WITH NATIONAL FLAG 10. BANGLADESH MINISTER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ZILLUR RAHMAN PRESENTING TROPHY TO INDIA'S SKIPPER BALJIT SINGH DHILLON 11. CAMERAMEN 12. INDIAN TEAM LIFTING THE TROPHY Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 4th April 2001 13:00
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  • Location: DHAKA, BANGLADESH
  • Country: Bangladesh
  • Reuters ID: LVACCX88JG9JE8I2VBE8E8JDQ7S4
  • Story Text: India beat arch rivals Pakistan 3-2 on penalties in the
    final to win the Prime Minister's Gold Cup international
    hockey tournament in Dhaka on Tuesday.



    Victory for India in Tuesday's (March 20) match came
    during a penalty shoot-out after the score was tied 3-3 at the
    end of the scheduled 70 minutes and 15 minutes of extra time.

    In the final set of tie-breakers, India's Daljit Singh
    scored with the team's fifth penalty after his Pakistani
    counterpart Muhammad Nadeem's shot had bounced back from a
    post.

    India's skipper Baljit Singh Dhillon and Arjun Halappa had
    scored with their penalties to give the team a 2-0 lead as
    Pakistan's Sohail Abbas and Muhammad Sarwar missed.

    But Pakistan levelled the score to 2-2 when Haider Hussain
    and Waseem Ahmed scored.

    Dhillon said the match could have gone either way.

    "Today we played very good game and Pakistan also played
    very good game. We missed chances. I think the game (of both
    teams) is same. We played after long time. Both the teams
    played attacking hockey. We both missed the chances and after
    seven and a half minutes, the match was draw. In the
    tie-breaker, our boys did a very good job," he said.

    Dhillon was declared man of the tournament while Mohammad
    Usman of Pakistan took the man of the match.

    Egypt finished third after beating Japan 7-6 on penalties
    after their play-off match ended 3-3.

    The host nation Bangladesh took the fifth position with a
    3-2 victory over Malaysia.

    Scotland defeated China 1-0 in the seventh place play-off.

    Ireland finished ninth and last.


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