India: India records dominant 4-0 win over Ireland at the 2025 FIH Hockey Junior Women’s World Cup

Purnima Yadav (42′,58′), Kanika Siwach (12′) and Sakshi Rana (57′) scored for India. ,

Santiago, Chile, December 5, 2025: The Indian junior women’s hockey team recorded a dominant 4-0 win over Ireland in their final Pool C match of the FIH Junior Women’s World Cup at the Centro Deportivo de Hockey Césped, Estadio Nacional in Santiago on Friday. Purnima Yadav (42′,58′), Kanika Siwach (12′) and Sakshi Rana (57′) scored the goals for India.

India made a good start in the first quarter and showed great attacking intent. India won an early Penalty Corner in the first 12 seconds of the match, but their effort did not reach the goal post. India continued to pile on the pressure by winning their second Penalty Corner in the tenth minute, but the opportunity was squandered again. However, two minutes later, Sakshi Rana played the perfect pass to Kanika Siwach (12′) inside the circle, who expertly rounded the attacking Irish goalkeeper and slid the ball into an open net to break the deadlock.

India built on their dominant form by winning two consecutive Penalty Corners in the 17th and 23rd minutes respectively, but Ireland goalkeeper Lucy McGoldrick made two strong saves to protect her goal. Ireland’s first goal attempt came in the 24th minute of the match, which was answered with a save from the Indian goalkeeper. Towards the end of the second quarter, India won their fifth Penalty Corner in the 28th minute, but they could not capitalize on the opportunity and ended the first half with a one-goal lead.

The third quarter saw India hold the ball more and stretch the Irish defense as they continued to control the tempo of the match. In the 40th minute, India’s Manisha played a sharp pass to Sukhveer Kaur, but her shot went over the post and narrowly missed the net. Moments later, in the 42nd minute, India won another penalty corner which this time was converted perfectly as Sakshi Shukla played a strong pass to Purnima Yadav (42′) in front of goal as she deflected the ball into the net to increase India’s lead.

In the fourth quarter Ireland fought back when Eabha Curran went through on goal and fired towards the bottom right corner of the post, but her effort was stopped by a perfectly timed block from Nandini. In the 57th and 58th minutes, India scored consecutive goals to further extend their lead. Firstly, Sakhi Rana (57′) showed incredible 3D skills from the left flank as she went past the defenders and scored a powerful shot by beating the goalkeeper and finding the bottom corner of the goal post. This was followed by Purnima Yadav’s (58′) second goal of the match as she did well to deflect the ball calmly over the goalkeeper and into the net to register India’s fourth and final goal of the match.

All matches of the 2025 FIH Junior Women’s World Cup will be streamed live on JioHotstar.