India draws with Malaysia

TIRUPATI, SEPT. 3 The second Test match between India and Malaysia under-18 ended in a draw 2-2, played at Sri Venkateswara Arts College grounds here on Sunday evening.

If the number of goals scored or the result any yardstick, both Indian and Malaysian teams performed equally good or otherwise. They shared four goals-two goals a piece. Except for some sporadic raids both the teams were less impressive.

India went into lead by virtue of its captain Surinder Kaur's second minute field goal and could have consolidated had it not played easy in the initial stages, at least as far as finishing is concerned. Later in the 15th minute Malaysia earned a penalty corner which was neatly converted by the captain Devaleela. At the breather it was 1-1.

Five minutes into the second half, with a repeat performance, Malaysia surged ahead into lead by virtue of penalty corner conversion by Devaleela. In the 56th minute after a pass during penalty corner, Surinder Kaur equalised the score.

With this draw India leads Malaysia 1-0 in the series, having won the first encounter at Chennai. The third Test match would be held in the same venue on September 5.

- UNI.

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