India, Sept. 23 -- It has been an absolute goal-fest from India in women's hockey as the team consolidated its spot at the top of the Pool B table. Three matches, three wins, just two goals conceded and 58 goals scored.

The Salima Tete-led side smashed 19 goals past Uzbekistan in the opening match of their Asian Games women's hockey campaign, a win that fell short of the 44-year-old Asian Games record for the most goals scored by the Indian team in a match. They followed that up with a 17-1 win against Indonesia at the Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium in Japan.

On Wednesday, India came out all guns blazing, perhaps aiming to shatter the 1982 record set in New Delhi, when they took on Thailand in their third Pool B match. But they fell sho...