India vs Pakistan Hockey Results: The Indian hockey team has continued its winning streak in the Asian Champions Trophy 2024. India defeated arch-rival Pakistan 2-1 in the match played in Hulunbuir, China on Saturday (14 September). Captain Harmanpreet Singh (13th minute and 19th minute) scored both the goals for India. On the other hand, the only goal for Pakistan was scored by Ahmed Nadeem (7th minute). Both the teams had already reached the semi-finals. The semi-finals and finals will be played on 16 and 17 September respectively.
This is how the India-Pakistan match was
During the match, a tough competition was seen between the two teams in the first quarter. In the seventh minute of the game, Pakistan took the lead when Hannan Shahid quickly reached the Indian circle and passed the ball to Ahmed Nadeem. Nadeem scored a goal by dodging the Indian goalkeeper Krishna Bahadur Pathak. About 6 minutes later, Indian captain Harmanpreet Singh scored a goal on a penalty corner to equalize the score. The second quarter went in India’s favor, in which Harmanpreet Kaur managed to score another goal through a penalty corner.
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India was leading 2-1 at halftime. Then in the third quarter, Pakistan tried to equalize and during this time it also got some penalty corners. But the Indian defense foiled the chances. The Indian team also had chances to score goals in the third quarter, but it could not capitalize on them. After this, both the teams could not score any goal in the fourth quarter.
India’s fifth consecutive win
This was the fifth consecutive win of the Indian hockey team in the current tournament. The Indian team had defeated Korea 3-1 in the previous match. Before that, India had entered the semi-finals by defeating Malaysia 8-1. Even before this, the Indian hockey team had defeated China 3-0 and Japan 5-0.
India has had the upper hand against Pakistan in recent times. India defeated Pakistan 10-2 in the Hangzhou Asian Games last year. Prior to that, India had registered a 4-0 win over Pakistan 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 won the bronze medal by defeating Pakistan 4-3.
A total of six teams including India are participating in the Asian Champions Trophy 2024. All the teams have to play five matches each in the group stage. India is a strong contender to become the champion in this tournament. India won the title on home ground last year, making it the team to win the most 4 titles in the history of the tournament. India had surpassed Pakistan in this matter, which had won the title on three occasions. Apart from India-Pakistan, only Korea has won this tournament on one occasion. Korea won the title in the 2021 season.
Indian Hockey Team Squad:
Goalkeepers: Krishna Bahadur Pathak, Suraj Karkera
Defenders: Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Harmanpreet Singh (captain), Jugraj Singh, Sanjay, Sumit.
Midfielders: Raj Kumar Pal, Neelkanth Sharma, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Manpreet Singh, Mohammad Raheel Mousin.
Forwards: Abhishek, Sukhjit Singh, Arijit Singh Hundal, Uttam Singh, Gurjot Singh.
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