# Four Nations Hockey India beat Malaysia 42 Highlights 1 . Goals to Thimmaiah , Rupinder and Akashdeep paved the way for India ' s win 1 . India , ranked sixth in the world , did most of the attacking in the early moments 1 . India next play New Zealand on November 26 in what is a mustwin gameIMAGE 155597990 , width 400 , resizemode 455597990 . jpg IMAGE 2 NEW DELHI The Indian men ' s hockey team got their first win of the Four Nations Invitational Tournament by beating 14 thranked Malaysia 42 in Melbourne on Thursday . A day after losing to world No 1 Australia 23 , VR Raghunath ' s team bounced back through goals toNikkin Thimmaiah 21 ', 55 ', Rupinder Pal Singh 40 ' andAkashdeep Singh 56 ' plus an improved display from goalkeeper Akash Chikte for the three quarters he was custodian . As it happenedIndia v MalaysiaIndia next play New Zealand on November 26 at 1130 am IST in what is a mustwin game . Much like Australia did on Wednesday , Malaysia worked their way back into the game after India dominated the first quarter but the difference for India today was that Rupinder found more support and was crucially able to quickly put the Asian champions back in the lead after Faizal Saari drew level in the 39 th minute . The second crucial passage came in the last few minutes , when Thimmaiah and Akashdeep scored in succession to overturn a 22 deadlock into an irreversible 42 lead . India , ranked sixth in the world , did most of the attacking in the early moments and proceeded to keep Malaysia largely in their own defensive half during the first quarter , with Sardar Singh and youngster Affan Yousuf producing some special play . Malaysia had one solid opportunity to score in the 11 th minute but a brilliant save from goalkeeper Akash Chikte denied Ramadan Rosli from the right corner . That was the only real chance that India ' s defenders allowed their opponents in the first quarter , though Malaysia did mount more pressure than in the first few minutes . In the 24 th minute , just seconds after Birendra Lakra fed Affan a great chance from the left corner that wasn ' t capitalized on and resulted in a foul , Nikkin Thimmaiah slotted a fierce shot into the back of the net to give India the advantage . Malaysia equalized midway through the third quarter , with Saari using their first penalty corner to slot in a superb goal , but less than a minute later an unstoppable PC from Rupinder made it 21 . Credit for this goal also goes to Sardar , who fed a lovely pass to India ' s dragflick expert . Behind the line , there was further excellence from Lakra who stopped a strong reverse flick from Rosli that beat Chikte . India ' s familiar nerves came to the fore during the last 15 minutes , but thanks to strikes from Thimmaiah and Akashdeep Singh in the span of seconds the result was a positive one . Abhinav Pandey took over from Chikte as goalkeeper and just moments into the last quarter , was left exposed as Shahril Saabah broke through with a PC goal in the 47 th minute . Then were fumbles from Akashdeep and Satbir Singh too , but some great teamwork from Sardar and Thimmaiah ensured India went up 32 in the 55 th , with the latter finishing excellently . Then it was Akashdeep ' s turn to strike , and his superb reverse hit made it 42 . Version 0 . 5 b Function I post the article ' s text as a comment if the website is adblocker unfriendly . I accept commands ! Rendered by PROMETHEUS