Asia Cup | India enters semifinal, books World Cup spot
The Hindu
Gurjit stars in 9-1 win over Singapore
Gurjit Kaur’s hat-trick and a brace each by Monika and Jyoti powered defending champion India to a 9-1 win over Singapore and helped the team qualify for the semifinals of the women's Asia Cup hockey tournament here on Monday.
In the semifinals on Wednesday, Pool A runner-up India will take on Pool B leader Korea, while Pool A topper Japan will meet Pool B runner-up China. The final is scheduled for Thursday. The top four teams have qualified for this year’s World Cup to be co-hosted by Spain and Netherlands.
Gurjit converted two penalty corners and also scored a field goal (8th, 37th, 48th), while Monika (6th, 17th) and Jyoti (43rd, 58th) scored two field goals each.
Haven’t we all used ‘I’ll do it later’ at least 50 times in a day for a task that could be done in 5 minutes if we put in our best efforts? Don’t we all just keep delaying or postponing that call to a friend who has moved to a different city or country? Did you also miss the deadline of a project because you thought you could ‘do it later’? This is known as procrastination.