Hockey Asian Champions Trophy 2024: Defending champion India’s winning campaign continues in the Hockey Asian Champions Trophy being played in China. The Harmanpreet Singh-led Indian hockey team once again performed brilliantly today and defeated arch-rival Pakistan 2-1 in the fifth match of the pool stage. This victory was India’s fifth consecutive win in this tournament. Pakistan scored the first goal of this match played between the two arch-rival teams, but in the 13th and 19th minutes Harmanpreet Singh gave India the winning lead from penalty corners.
Captain Harmanpreet Singh leads Team India to yet another famous victory against Pakistan.
2️⃣ penalty corners scored in the first half were enough to win this game after Pakistan took the lead in the game in Q1.
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— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) September 14, 2024
Let us tell you that the Indian team has already reached the semi-finals. India defeated South Korea 3-1 in its first match. In the second match, Team India defeated Malaysia 8-1. In the third match, the Indian team defeated Japan 5-1. In the fourth match, Harmanpreet’s team defeated South Korea 3-1. India has so far scored 21 goals in this tournament, while conceding four goals.
It is worth noting that this was Pakistan’s first defeat in this tournament. Pakistan had performed brilliantly in the tournament so far, where it played a total of 4 matches. The team won 2 of these matches, while 2 matches were drawn. Pakistan played a 2-2 draw against Malaysia and South Korea, while it defeated Japan 2-1 and China 5-1.
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