Asian Champions Trophy: Indian women's hockey team defeats China

New Delhi, May 16: Continuing its Dominant show at the Asian Champions Trophy, the Indian women's hockey team stunned higher-ranked China 3-1 to register their second consecutive win in the tournament, in Donghae City (South Korea) on Wednesday.

India had earlier beaten Japan 4-1 in their opening match on Sunday.

It was experienced forward Vandana Katariya who starred in India's victory as she scored double goals in the 4th and 11th minute that gave a formidable lead early on for the Defending Champions while Gurjit Kaur (51st) was the other goal scorer for India.

India is currently No. 1 in the rankings with two victories from as many games. It will play Malaysia next on Thursday. Malaysia beat Japan 3-2 in another encounter