India beat South Africa 5-2 to finish joint ninth in FIH Men’s WC

Rourkela: A dominant India scored twice in the first and fourth quarters to beat South Africa 5-2 in a classification match and finish joint ninth in the FIH Men’s World Cup here on Saturday.

World number six India earned six penalty corners in the match and scored one from them while South Africa, ranked 14th, got three PCs without converting any one of them. India had 31 circle penetrations in total while South Africa had 22.   With around 60 per cent ball possession, the home side had 14 shots at goal as against nine by South Africa.