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Simranjeet brace helps India thrash South Africa 5-0 in Hockey World Cup opener

Mandeep Singh scored India's opening goal on Wednesday. Charles McQuillan/Getty Images for FIH

Simranjeet Singh scored a brace while Manpreet Singh, Akashdeep Singh and Lalit Upadhyay also got onto the scoresheet as India beat South Africa 5-0 in their first pool match of the Hockey World Cup in Bhubaneswar. Here's how it happened. (Please wait for a few seconds for the blog to load).

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