Zhang teaches India a lesson

Johnny Zhang Zhiqiang scored 20 points, including a brace of tries, as China defeated India 50-15 in an entertaining Pool C encounter at the Asian Championship at King's Park last night.

China's fullback Zhang was in imperious form as he led his country to victory over India in the Bowl competition. Zhang recovered from an early lapse - failing to correctly judge a high ball and allowing his opposite number Francis Brown to open scoring and give India a shock 5-0 lead - to engineer China's eight-try victory.

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