Asian Champions Trophy 2024: India Registers Their Second Successive Win

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The Indian Men’s Hockey team continued their winning run as they defeated Japan in their second match of the Asian Champions Trophy 2024 played at Hulunbir, Inner Mongolia, China on 9th September.

Indian Team began off to a superb start as Sukhjeet Singh and Abhishek scored two field goals in the 2nd minute itself. They kept the pressure on the Japanese defense with attacking moves. Japan got the first real chance with a penalty corner, but the shot was wasted. They got another PC, but the shot was saved by Krishna Pathak. At the end of the first quarter, the scores remained 2-0 for India.

Harmanpreet Singh was off the field as Sanjay converted the penalty corner in the 17th minute to give India a commanding 3-0 lead. Japan earned their 3rd PC, but the shot was well saved by Suraj Kakera. The Indian defense was up to the mark as they did not allow the Japanese to score any goals. India ended the first half with a commanding 3-0 lead.

India began the third quarter on an aggressive note, but the Japanese goalkeeper made an excellent save. Vivek Sagar Prasad missed a goal as the shot hit the goalpost before the counterattack by the Japanese forward did not yield any result. Kazumasa Matsumoto scored a brilliant field goal in the 41st minute to reduce the scoreline to 1-3.

It was an aggressive start by the Indian team in the fourth quarter with Abhishek missing a golden chance, but the shot went wide off the goalpost. Jarmanpreet Singh gave a brilliant pass with Uttam Singh scoring a brilliant goal in the 55th minute giving India a dominating 4-1 lead. Soon after, India earned a penalty corner which was well saved by the Japanese goalkeeper.

Raheel’s first shot was well saved by the Japanese Goalkeeper,  rebound shot went wide off the goal. Yuki Chiba could not convert the field goal with a good pass by the Japanese player. Rajkumar Pal snatches the ball with Sukhjeet Singh smashes a powerful shot into a goal in the 60th minute to help India finish with a 5-1 scoreline.

India remained at the top with 6 points with a goal difference of plus 7. They will now play Malaysia on 11th September 2024.



 






Asian Champions Trophy 2024 India thrash Japan by 5-1 

 

 

 

 

 

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