LUCKNOW, Sept. 17 -- Pressure to perform is a normal thing for any sportsperson, but when one plays for the country and that too in a major event like Asia Cup women's hockey, the level of pressure rises significantly, and the person who handles it well tastes success.

For young forward Mumtaz Khan, it was her first appearance in the senior India side in last week's Asia Cup Women's Hockey at the Gongshu Canal Sports Park Hockey Field in Hangzhou, China. She stayed calm and composed and emerged as the highest goal scorer for India along with Navneet Kaur, who also scored six goals, even though the Indians lost to hosts China 1-4 and missed the direct qualifying for the next year's Women's Hockey World Cup.

Lucknow's Mumtaz, a daughter o...