Deepika Sehrawat and Rutuja Pisal starred as India’s women’s hockey team continued its dominant run at the Asian Games 2026 with a 17-1 victory over Indonesia in their second Pool B match on Monday.
Deepika, who scored a record eight goals in India’s 19-0 win over Uzbekistan in their opening match, added three more to her tally, while Rutuja also scored three goals as India produced another emphatic victory.
Deepika opened the scoring in the eighth minute with a superb penalty-corner drag flick. Sunelita Toppo doubled the lead in the 11th minute before Lalremsiami converted a rebound from a penalty corner two minutes later. Rutuja then made it 4-0 in the 15th minute after finishing a rebound from Deepika’s blocked effort.
Lalremsiami scored her second in the 16th minute with a reverse hit after an Indonesian goalkeeper save fell to the Indian forwards. Rutuja added her second in the 20th minute after receiving a pass from Neha inside the circle.
Sakshi Rana joined the scoring in the 25th minute before Deepika and Sunelita converted penalty corners in the 28th and 30th minutes respectively, giving India a 9-0 lead at half-time.
India dominated possession with 55 per cent and earned nine penalty corners in the opening half, compared to Indonesia’s two.
Indonesia managed to find the net through Innes Adiyita in the 32nd minute, but India quickly restored its dominance. Salima Tete, Navneet and Ishika scored in the 34th, 35th and 36th minutes respectively, while Rutuja and Deepika added further goals in the 39th and 40th minutes to take India’s lead to 14-1.
Navneet struck twice in the 56th and 57th minutes before Sakshi Rana completed the scoring for India in the 57th minute.
India had opened its campaign with a 19-0 demolition of Uzbekistan, with Deepika scoring eight goals, including five from penalty corners. Ishika also completed a hat-trick in the match, while Deepika became the first player to score eight goals in a single Asian Games hockey match.
