THE hockey match ended in a scoreless draw. But it sent Malaysia into a frenzy as “it shattered the myth of Pakistan’s invincibility” in the game, as reported in The Star on May 19,1977. This happened during the Asia-Oceania qualifying rounds of the Junior World Cup hockey tournament.
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