New Delhi: In-form India would start as overwhelming favourites and would be eyeing yet another big win when they take on Thailand in the semifinal of the Hro FIH Women's Hockey World League Round 2, on Saturday.
Barring the 2-0 win over Poland, the Indian eves are on a goal-scoring spree in this tournament and have so far pumped in 31 goals.
Going by their present form, it should be an easy outing for the Indians against Thailand, whom they spanked 6-0 in the pool stages.
India captain Ritu Rani is confident about a positive result on Saturday and hoped Vandana Katariya, who scored four goals including a hat-trick against Singapore in the quarter-finals on Saturday, would carry on her form in the remainder of the tournament.
"I am really happy about the fact that we have won all the matches till now. This has made us even more confident.
With a record of defeating Ghana and Singapore with a huge goal margin 13-0 and 10- 0, respectively, we aim to repeat our performance and make it to the finals of the tournament," Rani said.
"We aim for a better penalty corner conversion rate and make our attack more stronger against Thailand tomorrow. I hope Vandana would continue her form and keep getting goals."
Meanwhile in the other semi-final, Poland will face Malaysia while Singapore will play Kazakhstan and Russia will take on Ghana in the fifth to eighth position classification matches.
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