Asian Cup Hockey 2022: Resurgent India avenge group defeat, beat Japan 2-1 in Super 4 pool match

Asian Cup Hockey 2022: Indian males’s group defeated Japan 2-1 in its opening match of the Super4s stage in Jakarta on Saturday.

Asia Cup 2022: India beat Japan 2-1 in Super 4 pool match (Hockey India Photo)

HIGHLIGHTSIndia beat Japan 2-1 within the opening match of the Super 4 Manjeet and Pawan Rajbhar scored for India in win over JapanIndia’s second match is towards Malaysia on Sunday

The Indian males’s hockey group got here up with a disciplined efficiency to avenge their group defeat as they defeated Japan 2-1 within the opening match of the Super 4s stage of the Asia Cup in Jakarta on Saturday. Notably, Japan had hammered the defending champions 5-2 within the group stage earlier within the event however on Saturday, a resurgent Indian aspect got here out on high.

Birendra Lakra-led Indian aspect took the lead within the first quarter itself when Manjeet scored a discipline aim within the seventh minute of the match. However, Japan equalized early within the second quarter as Niwa Takuma efficiently transformed a penalty nook within the seventeenth minute.

Pawan Rajbhar restored India’s lead within the third quarter through one other discipline aim within the thirty fourth minute and the lads in blue managed to run down the clock to complete with a 2-1 win. In the opposite Super4s match of the day, Malaysia and Korea performed a 2-2 draw.

India’s second match of the Super 4s stage is towards Malaysia on Sunday.