Asian Champions Trophy Hockey IND vs PAK Highlights India won the bronze medal by defeating Pakistan
India beat Pakistan to win the bronze medal in the Asian Champions Trophy. This was India’s last chance to win a medal after losing to Japan in the semi-finals. Team India defeated archrival Pakistan 4-3 in the bronze medal match. This is India’s second consecutive victory over Pakistan in a week. Previously, India had defeated Pakistan in the round robin.
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India took the lead in the first minute with the help of Harmanpreet Singh’s goal. They were followed by Sumit (45th), Varun Kumar (53rd) and Akashdeep Singh (57th).
Afraz (10th), Abdul Rana (33rd) and Ahmed Nadeem (57th) scored for Pakistan. This was India’s second victory over Pakistan in this tournament.
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Previously, India had defeated Pakistan 3-1 in the round robin stage. South Korea will face Japan in the final.
India got off to a good start and the Indians continued to attack the Pakistani goal. India got four penalty corners in the first quarter, of which Harmanpreet scored in the first minute. Pakistan slowly stepped up their comeback efforts and in the tenth minute Afraz dodged goalkeeper Krishan Bahadur Pathak to score a goal. Harmanpreet couldn’t get the ball out of the circle. India quickly earned the fifth penalty corner, but Harmanpreet failed to score. Pathak saved the first penalty corner for Pakistan in the 14th minute. In the second quarter, Pakistan thwarted many of India’s attacks.
India again scored a penalty corner in the 22nd minute, but Pakistani goalkeeper Amjad Ali did not allow Harmanpreet to get it. Four minutes later he saved Akashdeep’s reverse blow. India showed aggressive play and scored seven penalty corners, but Amjad Ali showed great speed. After the break, Pakistan took the lead with the help of a rebounding goal from Abdul Rana. Pakistan would have scored another goal in the 43rd minute, but Rana’s shot hit the post.
Within three seconds of the third quarter, Gursahibjit Singh handed the ball to Sumit, who scored the equalizer. Both teams put in a lot of effort in the fourth and final quarter. Varun scored the third goal for India on the penalty corner. Pakistan got two penalty corners in the retaliatory attack, but Indian captain Manpreet Singh saved them as the first runner. Akashdeep scored a backhand off a pass from Lalit three minutes before the final whistle, though Nadeem quickly closed the gap for Pakistan.
(With PTI inputs)
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