That's it from all of us here - this is Subhashish signing off - do join us tomorrow at 1830 IST as the Indian men meet the hosts Indonesia in their opener.
LADIES AND GENTS - THE STATS FOR YOU - 31 SHOTS ON GOAL - 12 ON TARGET - 19 PC's - AND 8 GOALS - ALL FOR MARIJNE'S CHARGERS - THE INDONESIANS - HAVE NO SHOTS ON GOAL AND NO PC's EITHER!!!
THE GOLDEN GIRLS HAVE EARNED FULL POINTS, BUT WILL NEED TO DO MUCH MUCH BETTER WITH THEIR FINISHING, THEIR COHESION, THEIR PASSING - AND THEIR PCs TOO - ALTHOUGH GURJIT KAUR WILL BE DELIGHTED WITH HER HATTRICK TODAY.
AN 8-0 SCORELINE DOES PRETTY MUCH REFLECT WHAT TRANSPIRED ON THE PITCH - BUT THE INDIANS COULD HAVE SCORED A LOT MORE GOALS - THE INDONESIAN GOALIE WAS BRILLIANT - AND THE INDIANS WERE NOT AS SHARP IN FRONT OF THE GOALMOUTH AS THEY WOULD HAVE LIKED TO BE!!!
HALF A DOZEN GOALS IN THE FIRST HALF - NONE IN THE SECOND YET AS Q3 ENDS - THE PCs ROUTINES NOT WORKING AS WELL AS THE INDIANS WOULD HAVE LIKED THEM TO - THE INDONESIANS DEFENDING IN NUMBERS - AND DEFENDING BRAVELY
WELL, THE INDIANS WERE EXPECTED TO DOMINATE - AND ARE DOING SO - GURJIT KAUR HAD AN INDIFFERENT WORLD CUP BUT IS FINALLY GETTING INTO THE ACT - WITH HER FLICKS AND HER MOVES AS WELL - THE INDIANS GETTING INTO THE RHYTHM AHEAD OF ENCOUNTERS THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE TOUGHER!!!