Skipper Harmanpreet Singh and Mandeep Singh slammed a hat-trick each as favourites India mauled lowly Singapore 16-1 to register their second consecutive win in the men's hockey competition at the Asian Games here on Tuesday.

The Indians continued their goal-scoring spree after the 16-0 rout of Uzbekistan in their opener as they found the net at will against world No. 49 Singapore.

Harmanpreet (24th, 39th, 40th, 42nd minutes) and Mandeep (12th, 30th, 51st), Abhishek (51st, 52nd), Varun Kumar (55th, 55th), Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (16th), Gurjant Singh (22nd), Vivek Sagar Prasad (23rd), Manpreet Singh (37th), Shamsher Singh (38th) were the goal scorers for India.

India will next face defending champions Japan on Thursday.

Unexpectedly, the Indians started on a rather sedate note but completely enjoyed the ball possession.

India continued to attack and finally broke the deadlock in the 12th minute when Mandeep directed an inch-perfect pass from Gurjant Singh into the goal.

In the last two minutes of the first quarter, India secured as many as three more penalty corners but wasted all. In all, India secured five penalty corners in the first quarter but failed to convert a single one.

After a not-so-impressive first quarter, India upped their game in the next 15 minutes and pumped in five goals.

India doubled their lead just at the start of the second quarter through Lalit, who found the top right corner of the net after being fed by Sukhjeet.

India enjoyed the lion's share of the possession but were unable to find openings in the final third.

India extended their lead in the 21st minute through Gurjant. Mandeep, this time, turned provider as he came up with a cross from the left to find Gurjant who stretched his stick to perfection to find the back of the net.

A minute later, it was 4-0 in India's favour when Vivek Sagar Prasad deflected in a Sumit shot from inside the circle.

Harmanpreet finally converted a penalty corner for India in the very next minute to make the scoreline 5-0.

Just at the stroke of half-time, India secured another penalty corner and this time Amit Rohidas' flick was deflected in by a well-positioned Mandeep.

India extended their lead in the 37th minute through Manpreet, who was at the right place to deflect in Harmanpreet's flick from a penalty corner.

It was raining goals for India as they kept scoring at regular intervals. But out of the blue, Zaki Zulkarnain (53rd) scored a consolation goal for Singapore. However, that didn't stop India as goals continued to come.

Penalty corners, though, continued to remain a concern for India as they converted just eight out of 22 secured in the match.

With inputs from PTI