Indian girls kept their quarter-final hopes alive in the junior hockey World Cup with a 2-0 win over New Zealand at Monchengladbach in Germany yesterday riding on Manjit Kaur and Vandana Kataria's strikes in the second half. After a humiliating 1-6 drubbing in the first match against Australia, the Indian girls did a much better job. After a barren first half, Manjit opened the scoring for India in the 45th minute with a field goal. Vandana scored another goal six minutes later and that stayed with India till the end of the match. The top two teams from each pool will enter the quarterfinals. The semi-finals will be played on the 2nd of August, with the final slated for 4th August.