Pakistan hockey team in their opening match of the 21st Sultan Azlan Shah Cup beat Argentina 4-2 here on Thursday.

The first goal of the match was scored by Pakistan as Shafqat Rasool put in a cross through to Mohammad Irfan who made the score 1-0 a minute before half-time.

Sohail Abbas made it 2-0 in the 50th on a penalty corner.

Argentina were awarded a penalty corner in the 53rd minute and Gonzalo Peillat scored to make the score 2-1.

Argentina fought back to equalise in the 62nd minute as Mathias Paredes scored.

However, the green-shirts fought back and Haseem Khan put them ahead again in the 65th minute and a few minutes later Mohammad Waqas solidified their lead as he scored the fourth goal, resulting in a 4-2 win for Pakistan.

24-05-2012