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India's excellent performance continues in the Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament. Harmanpreet Singh's Team India defeated arch-rival Pakistan 2-1 in the pool stage match on Saturday. Both the goals were scored by captain Harmanpreet. This was India's fifth consecutive victory in this tournament. Team India has already reached the semi-finals.
India defeated South Korea 3-1 in its first match. In the second match, Team India defeated Malaysia 8-1. In the third match, the Indian team defeated Japan 5-1. Along with this, in the fourth match, Harmanpreet's team defeated China 3-0. India has scored 21 goals in this tournament so far, while conceding four goals. India's defense line performed brilliantly. In this tournament, Harmanpreet scored five goals and Arijit Singh scored three goals.
Both the goals for India were scored by captain Harmanpreet Singh in the 13th and 19th minutes. Along with this, the only goal for Pakistan was scored by Ahmed Nadeem in the seventh minute. He scored a goal and gave Pakistan a 1-0 lead. However, Harmanpreet scored a goal on a penalty corner to bring Team India back. The semi-final match will be played on 16 September and the final match on 17 September.
The Indian hockey team has been dominating against Pakistan for some time now. In the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, India defeated Pakistan 10-2. This was India's biggest win over Pakistan. Earlier, India defeated Pakistan 4-0 in the Asian Champions Trophy in Chennai. The young Indian team held Pakistan to a 1-1 draw in the 2022 Asia Cup in Jakarta, while in the 2021 Asian Champions Trophy, India defeated Pakistan 4-3 to win the bronze medal.
This year, a total of six teams, including India, are participating in the Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament. India is a strong contender to win this tournament. India won the title on home soil last year. India has won the title four times, the most in the history of the tournament. Along with this, Pakistan has won the tournament three times. South Korea has won the tournament only once.