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India defeated Thailand 20-1 to claim their third straight victory in Pool B of the women’s hockey category at the Asian Games here on Wednesday. In-form drag-flicker Deepika Sehrawat continued her outstanding run by scoring a record nine goals in a single game. Navneet Kaur (4th, 29th, 35th, and 51st minutes) also run riot in the one-sided match, while Deepika (2nd, 8th, 9th, 24th, 33rd, 36th, 39th, 51st, and 57th minutes) proved unstoppable from penalty corners, converting all nine of her tries to score the record haul.