Asian Champions Trophy 2021: India Thrash Japan 6–0 To End Round-Robin Stage on a High

Dhaka, Dec 19 (PTI) Defending champions India crushed Japan 6-0 to stay unbeaten within the round-robin stage of the Asian Champions Trophy males's hockey match here on Sunday. Harmanpreet Singh (tenth and 53rd minute) scored a brace, whereas Dilpreet Singh (twenty third), Jaramnpreet Singh (thirty fourth), Sumit (forty sixth) and Shamsher Singh (54th) additionally registered their names on the scoresheet for India on the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium. India Beats Pakistan 3-1 in Males’s Asian Champions Trophy 2021 As Harmanpreet Singh Nets Brace India, who've already sealed a semifinal berth, thus finish the round-robin stage of the five-nation match on the prime of the standings with 10 factors forward of Korea (6), Japan (5), Pakistan (2) and hosts Bangladesh (0). This was India's third win on the trot. Held to a draw by Korea of their lung-opener, the Manpreet Singh-led aspect turned issues round defeating Bangladesh 9-0, whereas additionally getting the higher of arch-rivals Pakistan earlier than simply overcoming the Japanese problem. The dominant victory can be an enormous increase for India as they head into the enterprise finish of the match with a number of confidence. They fully outperformed Japan, the Asian Video games gold medallists, in all departments.