*JAKARTA – *Pakistan hockey team on Monday has made historic record bydefeating the rival Thailand in one of the biggest ever defeat margin inthe Asian Games.
Pakistan thrashed Thailand by 10-0 in its opening match of Asian Games.
The match, played at Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Sports Complex in Jakarta, wasdominated by the Pakistani team, who have won the tournament a record eighttimes.
Atiq Arshad scored a hat-trick, while his brother Tauseeq Arshad, Abu Bakrand Mohammad Irfan scored twice, while Mubashar Ali scored one goal.
Pakistan scored its first goal in last minutes of the first quarterwhen Tauseeq Arshad converted a penalty corner. Three more goals werescored by green shirts in the second quarter.
The national team found the net for six more times in the remaining twoquarters taking the tally to 10-0.