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Asian Chapions Trophy Hockey: India Beats Pakistan

  • By Thetripurapost Desk, Beijing
  • Sep 14, 2024
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India's excellent performance continues in the Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament. Harmanpreet Singh's Team India defeated arch-rival Pakistan 2-1 in a pool stage match on Saturday. Captain Harmanpreet scored both the goals. This was India's fifth consecutive win in this tournament. Team India 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 China 3-0. India has scored 21 goals in this tournament so far, while conceding four goals. India's defense has done a great job. Harmanpreet scored five goals in this tournament, Arijit Singh scored three goals.

Captain Harmanpreet Singh scored both the goals for India in the 13th minute and the 19th minute. On the other hand, the only goal for Pakistan was scored by Ahmed Nadeem in the seventh minute. He put Pakistan ahead 1-0 with his goal. However, Harmanpreet scored a goal on a penalty corner to bring Team India back. The semi-final match will be played on 16 September and the final match on 17 September

The Indian hockey team has had an upper hand against Pakistan for some time now. In the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, India thrashed Pakistan 10-2. This was one of India's biggest victories over Pakistan. Earlier, India defeated Pakistan 4-0 in the Asian Champions Trophy in Chennai. In the 2022 Asia Cup in Jakarta, the young Indian team held Pakistan to a 1-1 draw, while in the 2021 Asian Champions Trophy, India defeated Pakistan 4-3 to win the bronze medal.

This year, a total of six teams including India are participating in the Asian Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament. India is a strong contender to win this tournament. India won the title last year on home ground. India has won this title four times, the most in the history of the tournament. Pakistan has won the tournament three times. South Korea has won the tournament only once