Bhubaneswar: India finally stamped their dominance against Japan, winning the fourth and the final match 4-0 and claiming the hockey Test series 3-0 at the Kalinga Stadium here on Saturday.
Young striker Akashdeep Singh (27th and 53rd minutes), drag-flicker V.R. Raghunath (26th minute) and Dharamvir Singh scored the goals for India.
Japan too had their chances but they floundered.
Halfway into the first quarter, Japan had a real chance as Daichi Kurogawa passed the ball to Ippei Fujimoto in the D, but the latter missed the target.
Seconds left into the game, Yuvraj Walmiki slapped the ball into the D to SV Sunil but unfortunately for India Sunil could not connect and lost the opportunity, resulting in the quarter being a dry run.
With a handsome 3-0 lead, India upped the ante and completely dominated the match thereon.
In the 52nd minute, India had another chance as Ramandeep Singh had a clear chance to put the ball into the net but unfortunately he hit directly at the Japan goalie.
Akashdeep tore past the defence of the opponents and scored a brilliant field goal, taking the score to 4-0. (IANS)
