Defending champions India waltz past Malaysia with ease following a five-goal blitz to register their second victory in the Women’s Junior Asia Cup in Muscat, Oman on Monday (Dec 9).   The Young Tigress, a moniker given to the Malaysian women’s junior team, kept the Indians attacking machinery led by Deepika, Mumtaz Khan, Kanika Siwach, and Vaishnavi Phalke Vitthal from scoring for almost 30 minutes into the match.   India took early control of the match and were leading the attack but could not find the breakthrough in the first half despite earning five penalty corners. Malaysian goalkeeper Nur Hazlinda Zainal Abidin was not only a tough nut to crack but difficult to deal with between the goalposts.   Young Tigress head coach Lailin Abu Hassan said: “There is no doubt we played a good game in the first two quarters. The team did not give India opportunities to score. But the players lost their focus at the start of the third quarter and also strayed from marking their opponents. This resulted in India knocking five goals past us within minutes.”   “I want the players to learn from this lesson, and the mistakes made, for the next match against Bangladesh. We should not take Bangladesh lightly despite them losing heavily in earlier matches. They do have three to four players who can pose a problem to us if we don’t take them seriously,” added Lailin.   The difference in the quality of both teams was evident when the match progressed into the third and fourth quarters. The World No 8-ranked Indians were relentless and kept tormenting their World No 21-ranked opponents. It was only a matter of time before India grabbed a 5-0 victory.   Deepika scored a hat-trick through penalty corners (37^th and 48th minutes), and converted a penalty stroke earlier in the 39^th minute. Vaishnavi had earlier given India a 1-0 lead via a penalty corner (32^nd minute) and Kanika extended the score to 3-0 from a field goal (38^th).   The Young Tigress will play Bangladesh next on Wednesday (Dec 11).   The Malaysians are currently sitting in third spot in Pool A table standings with three points. China and India share six equal points after two matches but the Chinese have a superior goal difference and have stayed on top. Thailand and Bangladesh are in the fourth and fifth spots. Both teams have yet to win matches.   Bangladesh youth women’s team started their journey in Oman on a losing note as they suffered a massive 19-0 goals defeat to China last Saturday, while India crushed them 13-1.   For the record, South Korea and China have dominated the Women’s Junior Asia Cup since its introduction in Kuala Lumpur in 1992. The Koreans won the title four times (1992, 1996, 2000 and 2008) and China three times (2004, 2012 and 2015).   The Malaysians have consistently finished in fifth spot in six editions, while claiming sixth position in 2000. Young Tigress did not qualify for the 2004 edition in India.