India open campaign against Japan in Hockey Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Other Sports | March 18, 2019 14:31 ISTIndia begin their campaign against Japan on March 23 and will be looking to continue their winning form against the Japanese side.
India begin their campaign against Japan on March 23 and will be looking to continue their winning form against the Japanese side.
India's chief coach Harendra Singh expressed satisfaction with his team's performance in the series ahead of the 18th Asian Games.
The Indian team will play their opening match against Ireland on July 14.
It was a keenly-contested battle between the two finalists of last edition but once again Australia came out on top in the shoot-out to clinch their 15th Champions Trophy title.
The visitors had chances of their own, but could not produce clear goal-scoring opportunities as the host dominated throughout and were quite dangerous on the break.
Having grabbed the lead on two occasions (1-0 in the 10th minute and 2-1 in the 26th minute), the Indian men's team fumbled in the end in their last round-robin match against Ireland on Friday.
Two goals in the first quarter from South Korea's Seul Ki Cheon (12th minute) and Yurim Lee (14th) sealed a win for the hosts at the Jinchun National Athletic Centre.
After one loss and a draw, India are currently placed fourth in the six-team tournament with just one point, whereas, Australia are positioned atop the table with two wins from as many games.
For India, Ramandeep Singh (29, 53), Nilakanta Sharma (42) and Mandeep Singh (49) were the goal scorers before the shootout.
Lalit Upadhyay (7th minute), Harjeet Singh (32nd) and Rupinder Pal Singh (36th) scored for India while New Zealand's goals came from sticks of Daniel Harris (23rd) and Kane Russell (37th).
India were held to a 1-1 draw by Spain in their final match of the six-nation invitational hockey tournament here on Sunday.
New Zealand defeated India 1-0 in the Six Nations Invitational Hockey Tournament 2016 here on Thursday.
Asian Games champions India came from a goal down to clinch an unimpressive 2-1 victory over hard-working Japan on the opening day of the 25th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament, here on Wednesday.
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