Sultan Azlan Shah Cup: India crush Malaysia 5-1

India produced a scintillating game, especially in the final quarter, to thrash Malaysia 5-1 in their fourth match of the 27th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey at Ipoh in Malaysia on Wednesday. It was India’s first victory of the tournament with a game against Ireland, on Friday, left in the league phase.
With this victory, India have managed to keep their hopes of reaching the final alive, but it will depend on favourable results from the last round robin fixtures scheduled for Friday. India are fifth in the standings with four points in as many games, while it was second defeat for the hosts and they remained at the third spot with six points.

For India to qualify for the summit clash, they will have to beat Ireland by a big margin and hope Australia beat Argentina and the match between Malaysia and England ends in a draw.