India, Sept. 20 -- The Indian women's hockey team got off to a thunderous start at the 2026 Asian Games, hammering Uzbekistan 19-0 in their opening Pool B game on Sunday at the Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium in Kakamigahara. Deepika Sehrawat was the star of the show, netting eight goals, the most by any individual in a women's field hockey game, with six coming from penalty corners. Apart from Deepika, Ishika Chaudhary scored three goals, while Lalremsiami, Baljeet Kaur, Neha Goyal, Navneet Kaur, Lalthantluangi and Sakshi Rana also found the net.

The victory margin was massive and noteworthy, but was it the biggest for the Indian side at the Asian Games? The answer is no. India's biggest win at the Asiad came 44 years ago, in the 1982 ed...