Vandana Katariya struck a brace as defending champions India stunned higher-ranked China 3-1 to continue their winning march at the fifth Asian Champions Trophy women's hockey tournament here today.
Experienced forward Vandana sounded in the 4th and 11th minutes to hand her side a formidable lead early on before Gurjit Kaur converted a penalty corner in the 51st minute to seal the victory.
China's lone goal came from the stick of Wen Dan in the 15th minute at the Sunrise Stadium.
By virtue of this win, India are sitting pretty atop the standings with two victories from as many games.
India had earlier defeated Japan 4-1 in their tournament opener.
India will next play Malaysia in their next round-robin match tomorrow. The Malaysians got the better of Japan 3-2 in another encounter today.
The tournament also marks the comeback of Sjoerd Marijne as the chief coach of the women's side after being at the helm of the men's team for little over seven months
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