In a one-sided game, Pakistan trounced Canada by eight goals to one in the ongoing FIH Nations Hockey Cup in Poland.
Rana Waheed Ashraf scored four goals, Ghazanfar Ali scored two, while Abdul Rehman and Hanan Shahid each scored one for Pakistan.
Canada took the lead early in the game with a goal in the second minute of play, but Rana Waheed Ashraf tied the score with a stunning strike in the seventh minute.
Pakistan led 2-1 after Rana Waheed Ashraf scored the game's second goal in the 27th minute of the second quarter. The third goal of the game was then scored by Ghazanfar Ali in the 36th minute.
Pakistan took the lead in the 51st minute of play with to goals from Abdul Rehman and Hanan Shahid in the 53rd.
Rana Waheed Ashraf scored the sixth goal of the game in the 58th minute to complete his hat-trick.
In the final minutes of the game, two more goals were scored by Ghazanfar Ali and Rana Waheed Ashraf.
Heavy rain caused the Pakistan-Canada match, which was scheduled to start at 4 PM Pakistani time yesterday, to be postponed.
Pakistan and Malaysia had previously knotted the game with four goals apiece. Pakistan's first game in the competition was this one.
Goals by Abdul Rehman, Sufyan Khan, Hanan Shahid, and Abu Bakr Mehmood gave Pakistan the lead in this Gunzizno encounter.
There are nine teams participating in this tournament, split into two groups.
Group B consists of Pakistan, France, Malaysia, and Canada, while Group A comprises the hosts, Poland, South Korea, Austria, New Zealand, and South Africa.
It should be mentioned that on June 5, the Pakistani team will meet France in its final game of the competition.
It should be mentioned that the Pakistani hockey team did well at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup held in Malaysia a while back. However, despite putting on a strong show against Japan in the final, they lost on penalty shots.
Since the Pakistani squad hadn't played in the Azlan Shah Hockey Cup final in thirteen years, their arrival was viewed as a positive development.
The fact that the winning team of the current Nations Cup in Poland will have the opportunity to compete in the FIH Hockey Pro League season 2024–25 makes it extremely significant.
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