IND 3-5 JPN​ Semifinal Highlights Asian Champions Trophy 2021

That's it from India Tv's live blog of the Asian Champions Trophy 2021 semifinal between India and Japan at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium, Dhaka. India will now face arch-rival Pakistan in the third-place match on December 22.  

4th Quarter

• End of Q4: IND 3-5 JPN
• Goal! Hardik finds himself on the scoresheet as he converts the PC in the last minute. 
• Goal! India mange to convert their second PC of the match as Harmanpreet Singh finds the net. 
• India win their 2nd PC of the match. 
• India still finding it difficult to enter Japan's circle. 
• Can India make comeback?
• India start Q4 with pushback.

3rd Quarter

• End of Q3: IND 1-5 JPN
• Excellent save by Suraj Karkera, came out of his line to stop Japan's counterattack. 
• Goal! Japan scores their 5th goal.
• Goal! Japan increase the lead to 3 goals. 
• India still 2 goals behind Japan, the defending champions are pressing forward. 
• India with the pushback to start Q3.

After reducing the goal deficit to one, India conceded their second goal of the match through Penalty Stroke. India will aim to bounce back in the second half of the game. 

2nd Quarter

• End of Q2: IND 1-3 JPN
• Goal! Japan convert their second Penalty Stroke of the match. 
• It's a Penalty Stroke for Japan. 
• Dangerous tackle by Suraj Karkera, Japan asking for a Penalty Stroke. 
• No PC for Japan as India keep the referral. 
• Japan awarded PC, India take the referral.
• Excellent save by India's Suraj Karkera. 
• India win the first PC of the match. India finally finding the rhythm.
• Goal! India's Hardik Singh finds net in the first minute of Q2. 

1st Quarter

After facing a 6-0 defeat against India in their last game, Japan came back strong to take 2-0 lead in the first quarter of the semifinal. 

• End of Q1: Japan 2-0 India
• 6th PC for Japan, they have done their homework against India. 
• Goal! Japan score 2nd goal, defending champions under pressure. 
• 5th PC for Japan and we are still in minute two. 
• Another PC for Japan. Excellent review by Japan captain. 
• Goal! Japan draws the first blood, convert PS. 
• Penalty stroke for Japan, India under pressure. 
• Back to back PCs for Japan.
• Japan win PC in the very first minute.
• Japan with the push back.

India's coach Graham Reid: We are not taking Japan lightly. 

Japan's coach Siegfried Aikman: We have done the analysis after the last match and we will do our best. 

India's XI

India's performance in Asian Champions Trophy 2021

India 2 -  2 Korea 

India 9 - 0 Bangladesh

India 3 - 1 Pakistan

India 6 -  0 Japan

India vs Japan Preview

India would aim to continue their winning spree when they face Japan in the semifinal of the Asian Champions Trophy men's hockey tournament here on Tuesday. India have had convincing victories when they faced Bangladesh, Pakistan and Japan in the tournament so far.

Men's Asian Champions Trophy 2021

Match details

Men's Asian Champions Trophy 2021 Semifinal

India vs Japan

December 19 (Sunday), 2021

5:30 PM IST

Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium, Dhaka

India Squad Goalkeepers – Krishan Bahadur Pathak, Suraj Karkera; Defenders – Harmanpreet Singh, Gurinder Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Dipsan Tirkey, Varun Kumar, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Mandeep Mor; Midfielders – Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh, Jaskaran Singh, Sumit, Rajkumar Pal, Akashdeep Singh, Shamsher Singh; Forwards – Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Dilpreet Singh, Gursahibjit Singh, Shilanand Lakra.

Live streaming 

India vs Japan Semifinal match in Men's Asian Champions Trophy 2021 is available on Star Sports 1/1 HD, Star Sports Select 2/Select 2 HD and Disney+ Hotstar.