India hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh stated that the team will look to improve and work on the areas that need improvement after successfully retaining their Asian Champions Trophy.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated the India men's hockey team following their successful Asian Champions Trophy defence against hosts China with a 1-0 victory.
Harmanpreet Singh, the captain, who led India to a bronze medal in Paris, was named the Hero of the Tournament. He scored at crucial stages and also set up the winning goal in the final
After a poor start, Pakistan, who were handed a disappointing loss in the Semifinal by hosts China, made great amends to their game to bounce back in the second half of the match to clinch a thriller
In a mega upset, China stunned Pakistan 2-0 in the shootout to enter the Final of the Asian Champions Trophy here at the Moqi Hockey Training Base in China.
India have been the only unbeaten team in the tournament, having convincingly defeated China 3-0, Japan 5-1, Malaysia 8-1, Korea 3-1 and Pakistan 2-1. The reigning Asian Games Gold medallists and Asian Champions Trophy title holders are upbeat ahead of the semifinal against Korea.
Hosts China beat Japan 2-0 to march into the semifinal as they climbed up to No.3 in the points table here at the ongoing Hero Asian Champions Trophy being held at the Moqi Hockey Training Base here on Saturday.
It was goals by Azrai Abu Kamal (28'), Norsyafiq Sumantri (35') and Faizal Saari (55') that kept Malaysia in the lead until Yang Jihun scored his second goal in the 60+ minute. He had earlier scored in the 4th minute to give Korea a 1-0 lead while Cheoleon Park (42') scored the second goal f