Strikers Ramadeep Singh and Akashdeep Singh scored a brace each as Uttar Pradesh Wizards produced a stellar performance to spank Kalinga lancers 10-0 and register their first win in the fifth Hockey India league, here on Sunday. Ramandeep (4th and 23rd minutes) and Akashdeep (27th, 48th) were stars for Uttar Pradesh Wizards's.
Playing in front of a packed Kalinga Stadium, Uttar Pradesh Wizards struck their first goal, only seconds into the game, through Argentine Agustin Mazzilli's field strike to go 2-0 up as according to the rules of the tournament one field goal is counted as two.
The young forward who was leading the visitors' attack was inch perfect in putting the ball past Kalinga lancers' keeper Abhinav Kumar Pandey, after he was brilliantly assisted by Arthur Van Doren in the first minute of the match.
Ramandeep, who had scored a fierce 59th minute goal for Uttar Pradesh Wizards in their first game this season, further enhanced their lead to 4-0 with a stunning goal from the left flank in the fourth minute.
It was a quick-thinking Akashdeep who did a brilliant job by setting up the goal, thus silencing the boisterous home crowd.
later, Akashdeep pumped yet another goal into the Kalinga lancers' post in the 27th minute taking their lead to a swashbuckling 8-0.
The visitors continued their rampaging form into the fourth quarter as Akashdeep put another one past a hapless lancers goalkeeper Charter after racing into the circle with little threat from the rival defenders in the 48th minute. This effort earned the Uttar Pradesh Wizards a 10-0 lead and five points from the match.