The India women’s hockey team stunned formidable Germany 2-1 to register its second consecutive win in pool stages and assure its place in the quarter finals of the FIH Junior World Cup here on Sunday.

India, who thrashed a lowly Wales 5-1 in their opening Pool D match on Saturday, scored through two penalty corner conversions by Lalremsiami (2nd minute) and Mumtaz Khan (25th) to emerge winners. Germany’s lone goal was scored by Jule Bleuel in the 57th minute.

India will finish off their pool engagements against Malaysia on Tuesday before the quarter-final round which starts on Friday.

The Indians are currently atop Pool D with two wins from as many games ahead of second-placed Germany. Two teams each from the pools will qualify for the knock-out rounds.

India took the lead as early as in the second minute when Lalremsiami scored from a rebound after Deepika’s dragflick from a penalty corner was saved by German goalkeeper Mali Wichmann. Thereafter, Germany earned a handful of penalty corners by putting relentless pressure on the Indian defence, which stood firm.

India goalkeeper Bichu Devi Karibam had an excellent match as she not only denied the Germans from penalty corners on a number of occasions but also pulled off a brilliant save to keep out a penalty stroke by Jette Fleschutz in the second quarter.

The Indians mostly relied on counter attacks and from one such move secured back-to-back penalty corners, the second of which was deflected in by Mumtaz in the 25th minute.

The Germans were the attacking side for the major part of the first half but have been wasteful in converting penalty corners as they wasted as many as six set pieces. The Indians, on other hand, scored from two of the three penalty corners they managed in the first two quarters.