Sanjay Kumar, Araijeet Singh Hundal and Sudeep Chirmako scored a brace each as defending champions India trounced Poland 8-2 to qualify for the quarter finals of the FIH Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup here on Saturday.
After scoring hat-tricks in the first two games, vice-captain Sanjay (4th, 58th) continued his goal-scoring spree for India, while Hundal (8th, 60th), who scored a hat-trick against Canada, too registered his name on the scoresheet.
Chirmako (24th, 40th) contributed to the team’s win while Uttam Singh (34th) and Shardanand Tiwari (38th) were the other goal scorers for the hosts.
India will now face last edition’s runners-up Belgium in the quarter final on December 1.