India opened the scoring inside the first 30 seconds of the game through Sukhjeet.

It was skipper Harmanpreet Singh’s brilliant stick-work from the left flank that set it up for Sukhjeet, who found the top-left corner of the Korean goal with a reverse hit.

Dilpreet Singh came close to scoring in the eighth minute but his deflection off Vivek Sagar Prasad’s pass was saved by Korean goalkeeper Jaehan Kim.

On the very next move, India earned a penalty stroke but Jugraj Singh’s try was saved by Kim.

The Indians were relentless in their attacking forays as they kept the Korean defence under tremendous pressure.

An inch-perfect aerial ball from Harmanpreet found Sanjay on the left corner, and he passed it to Dilpreet inside the circle, who did the job by putting the ball into the goal as India went into half-time leading 2-0.

Korea’s first real chance came in the 40th minute in the form of back-to-back penalty corners but the Indian defence stood rock solid.

India finally secured their first penalty corner in the 44th minute but Harmanpreet’s try was blocked by the first rusher.

But just at the stroke of the third quarter, India made the scoreline 3-0 through Dilpreet.

It was Harmanpreet, whose free hit from 23 yards found Raj Kumar Pal, who guided the ball towards Dilpreet and the striker made no mistake in finding the net with a neat deflection.

Five minutes later, India secured their second penalty corner and Rohidas found the net with a fierce grounded hit to hand the hosts a comfortable 4-0 lead.

A minute later Korea pulled a goal back through a penalty-corner conversion from Son.

In the 56th minute, Korea got their fourth penalty corner but failed to breach the resolute Indian defence.