Hockey, Asian Champions Trophy: Harmanpreet, Araijeet score as India beat South Korea
Skipper Harmanpreet Singh (9’, 43’) scored a brace in India’s win while Araijeet Singh Hundal (8’) gave an early lead in the match.
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Defending champions India remained unbeaten in the 2024 Asian Champions Trophy as they registered their fourth consecutive victory with a 3-1 win against Korea at the Moqi Hockey Training Base in Hulunbuir, China on Thursday.
Skipper Harmanpreet Singh (9’, 43’) scored a brace in India’s win while Araijeet Singh Hundal (8’) gave an early lead in the team’s win. Harmanpreet’s brace saw him cross 200 international goals scored in his career.
Having already booked a place in the semifinals, India looked to continue their winning ways against Korea in their penultimate league-stage match.
The defending champions showcased this intent very early in the match with a stupendous 8th minute goal by Hundal. It was a fierce cross pass by Vivek Sagar Prasad that was picked up well by Hundal from the top of the circle to scoop it in. In the following minute, the Indian captain scored from a PC to extend India’s lead to 2-0. This was Harmanpreet’s 200th international goal.
Korea, who registered a fantastic 3-2 win against hosts China to climb up to second spot in the points table, were not going to let India have it easy.
After shaking off the nerves in the first quarter, Korea bounced back with tactical...
