India vs Malaysia Final Asian Champions Trophy: The Indian hockey team has made it to the finals of the Asian Champions Trophy. Now he will face Malaysia in the final. India beat Japan 5-0 in the semi-finals. Team India has a chance to leave Pakistan behind. But for this he will have to win the final and capture the title.
The Indian team can leave behind Pakistan in terms of winning the Asian Champions Trophy title the most number of times. India and Pakistan have so far won this title thrice each. Therefore, both these teams are jointly at number one. But now Team India can reach the top. If she defeats Malaysia in the final, she will win the Asian Champions Trophy title for the fourth time. Apart from India-Pakistan, Korea has also won the title once.
India this time defeated Japan 5-0 in the semi-finals. Both the teams could not score in the first quarter of the match. But Team India, showing an aggressive game, took a 3-0 lead till the first half. After this, Team India scored 2 goals in the second half. So India won the match 5-0. For that, Arshdeep Singh, Mandeep Singh, Sumit, Karthi Selvam and Harmanpreet Singh scored one goal each.
Significantly, six teams had entered the field in the tournament. The teams of Pakistan and China could not reach the knockout stage. All the teams have played 5-5 matches till the group stage. Team India topped with 13 points and reached the semi-finals. The Malaysian team finished second. He had 12 points. Whereas Pakistan, Korea and Japan remained on par with 5-5 points. China got only one point.
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