India beat Pakistan 3-1 at Asian Champions Trophy hockey
PTI | October 21, 2018 8:50 ISTBut it was Pakistan who stunned the Indians by taking the lead as early as in the opening minute of the match.
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But it was Pakistan who stunned the Indians by taking the lead as early as in the opening minute of the match.
Placed fifth in the latest world rankings, India is the top-ranked team among the competing nations, while Japan are ranked No.16.
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Sardar Singh said he made the decision after a disappointing Asian Games where India failed to defend their title and returned with a bronze medal.
Indian men's hockey team defeated Pakistan 2-1 in the bronze medal playoff at the 18th Asian Games on Saturday.
India men's hockey team made a mockery of Sri Lankan challenge pumping in 20 goals to remain unbeaten in the pool stages.
Ireland, who had beaten India in the group stages, got the better of the Rani Rampal led team once again, this time, winning on penalties to make it to the semifinals.
The only time India had managed to enter the semi-finals of the showpiece event was back in 1974 in Mandelieu, France.
Ranked 10th, India will start as overwhelming favourites against 17th ranked Italy in the crucial knock-out match.
The draw enabled India to keep their campaign afloat in the tournament and progress to the crossovers while the Americans crashed out of the event.
With one draw (1-1 against England), one loss (0-1) against Ireland, India are placed third in the Pool B points table.
It was also India's second consecutive defeat to Ireland having lost to the same opponents 1-2 in their last encounter at the Hockey World league Semifinals in Johannesburg last year.
Neha Goyal gave India the lead in the 25th minute before Lily Owsley equalised from a penalty corner in the 54th minute.
India beat New Zealand 3-1 to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match Test series at the Sports Authority of India's Bengaluru Campus.
Rupinder Pal Singh (2', 34'), Mandeep Singh (15') and Harmanpreet Singh (38') scored for India while Stephen Jenness (26', 55') scored a brace for the visitors.
Hockey India today announced the 18-member Indian women's team for the prestigious tournament which is slated to begin on July 21.
With one key player out, India will face Australia, Belgium and the Netherlands in must-win matches to earn a place in the final.
India scored both their goals in the second quarter through Harmanpreet Singh (17th minute), who converted a penalty corner, and Mandeep Singh (28th).
While the Indian strikers were on target, the defenders also produced a superlative show to keeping Pakistan forward line at bay.
Hockey is the unofficial national game of the country and with Odisha all set to host the World Cup in November, Patnaik asked Prime Minister to make the status official.
India suffered a 1-4 defeat against hosts Spain in the fourth game to trail 1-2 in the five-match series.
By virtue of this win late last night, India and Spain are now tied 1-1 in the series.
Harendra further revealed that they had conducted blood tests of all 48 athletes - who are currently training at SAI centre in Bengaluru ahead of the Champions Trophy - and the results have revealed a food-related deficiency in some of the players.
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