Asian Champions Trophy 2024: Indian Team Qualify For Semi-Finals

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The Indian Men’s Hockey Team continued their winning form with a resounding win over Malaysia in 3rd match of the Asian Champions Trophy 2024 played in Hulunbir, Inner Mongolia on 11th September 2024.

It was a superb start for the defending Champions India as Raj Kumar Pal scored a superb field goal in the 3rd minute to give a 1-0 lead. Arijit Singh Hundal put past the Malaysian goalkeeper with an excellent field goal in the 6th minute to make it 2-0 in favor of India. Jugraj Singh produced a superb penalty corner goal immediately which showed their domination over Malaysia. Malaysian forwards could not create chances in the first quarter. At the end of the first quarter, India led 3-0.

Malaysia began the second quarter on a positive note with a penalty corner. The penalty corner was saved by Suraj Kakera and India went counter-attack earning a PC of their own. After 2 back-to-back penalty corners, Harmanpreet Singh scored his first goal this tournament in the 22nd minute to make it 4-0. Sukhjeet Singh was awarded a green card meaning a 2-minute suspension.  Raj Kumar Pal scored from the rebound save by the Malaysian goalkeeper in the 24th minute to lead India’s domination with a 5-0 lead. India ended the first half with a dominating scoreline of 5-0.

Indian team began from where they left from the first half as Raj Kumar Pal scored his hattrick with a lovely field goal in the 33rd minute to make it 6-0. Malaysia finally got on the scoresheet as Akhimullah Anur scored from a rebound shot that went past Krishna Pathak in the 34th minute. Malaysia earned a penalty corner which was saved easily by Pathak.

Arijit Singh Hundal scored a superb field goal in the 39th minute which led India to a commanding 7-1 lead. Uttam Singh put on an excellent display with another field goal in the 40th minute to make it 8-1. At the end of the first third quarter, the score remained 8-1.

The fourth quarter did not see much action as the Malaysian team tried their best to put pressure on the Indian defense. Indian team showed their domination winning with a big scoreline of 8-1.

With this win, India became the first team to qualify for the Asian Champions Trophy semi-finals. They will now play South Korea in their next match on 12th September 2024.








Indian Team Beat Malaysia By 8-1 to qualify for the Asian Champions Trophy 2024 

 

 

 

 

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