Penalty corner specialist Sandeep Singh pumped in four goals as India swamped Bangladesh 9-0 to notch up their second straight victory in Group B men’s league of the Asian Games hockey competition at the Aoti field in Guangzhou on Wednesday.

Two-time champions India, led 3-0 at half time before upping the pace in the second half and pumping in six more goals to complete the rout.

The Rajpal Singh-led team warmed up nicely for the much-awaited clash with arch-foes Pakistan on 20th November.

The took some time to find their bearing in the first half before scoring their 17th victory in 18 meetings against their South Asian rivals and the fifth in as many attempts in the Asiad.

Tushar Khandekar, who combined very well up front with skipper Rajpal, Arjun Halappa and Shivendra Singh, opened the floodgates in the second minute and then found the mark again in the 39th minute.

Sandeep Singh, who was very effective in his penalty corner tries, scored the second goal in the 13th minute, and then fired home thrice more with hits off penalty corners in the 47th, 63rd and 66th minutes for India’s seventh and eighth goals before Dharamvir Singh completed the tally a minute from the end.

It was a totally one-sided encounter in which India virtually pitched their tent in the rival half and could have scored a few more goals but for some missed attempts, mainly by Bharat Chikara, in the first half.