India vs China HIGHLIGHTS, Asian Champions Trophy 2023: India, Malaysia, Korea secure win on day 1

Korea 2-1 Japan

MAS 3-1 PAK

IND 7-2 CHN

India, Malaysia, and Korea began their campaign with wins on the first day of the Asian Champions Trophy.

A thumping win for India in its first match! A great start. Two goals each for Varun Kumar and Harmanpreet Singh while Mandeep Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, and Akashdeep Singh score one each.

Penalty corner for India. Saved! Harmanpreet Singh flicks and the keeper saves. The ball bounces off his glove and pops up. Another take for India. It is saved on the second take too. Weihao gets the block with his right leg.

Penalty corner for China. SAVED! Jarmanpreet saves the shot at the post.

India scored one goal right at the start of the quarter. After that, none of the two teams could find finishes. 7-2 in favor of India. A much better quarter for China though.

Penalty corner for China. Misses! Jieshing Gao’s drag flicks takes the first rushers stick and goes wide.

Penalty corner for India. GOAL! Mandeep Singh scores this time. Amit Rohidas flicks it wide of the goal and Mandeep gets down low to guide it home with a horizontal stick. 100th goal for Mandeep Singh that!

Penalty corner for India right at the start of the half. China refers it for a push from an Indian player but there is no reason to change the decision after the replay checks. Saved! Weihao makes double save. First off Harmanpreet’s drag flick, the second on Akashdeep’s shot.

The second half begins.

Clearly a dominating half for India. Has scored six goals and conceded twice. Varun Kumar and Harmanpreet Singh with two goals each while Akashdeep and Sukhjeet bagged one for India.

India gets another penalty corner with 37 seconds remaining in the second quarter. GOAL! Varun Kumar with his second goal. Again, India goes to the first castle from where Varun slots it home to the right corner.

GOAL for China from the PC. What a shot! Jiesheng Gao muscles it into the roof of the net.

First penalty corner for China. Ball touchs Indian players’ feet and forces another PC.

Penalty corner for India. Misses it. Harmanpreet Singh’s drag flick flies over the right corner. The ball was judged dangerous too.

Yet another penalty corner for India. GOAL! Varun Kumar makes up for his error. Absolutely smashes the drag flick beyond the keeper. That’s the third penalty corner converted for India.

China breaches the net to get to the scoreboard. An error by Varun allows Wenhui E to score. Varun cannot collect an aerial ball. Wenhui takes it enters the circle, takes on Jugraj, and finds the shot passing under the diving Akshar Pathak.

GOAL! India begins second quarter with a goal by Akashdeep Singh. Manpreet Singh comes down the left wing and plays it into the circle. Akashdeep traps, takes two strides forward and slaps the shot into the net.

India is three goal up at the end of the first quarter. Harmanpreet Singh scores twice while Sukhjeet finished the quarter with a cheeky finish.

India wins another penalty corner. GOAL! Varun Kumar’s flick is saved, but India collects the rebound and Sukhjeet fires it in with from between his legs. A cheeky finish.

Fourth penalty corner for India. Is saved again. This time Amit Rohidas is the flicker. Hits it straight at the pads of the keeper.

Another penalty corner for India. Misses this time. The China goalie stops a shot but it goes up in the air which is termed as dangerous by the referee.

India wins its second penalty corner. GOAL! Harmanpreet Singh parks the drag flick into the right corner of the goal. India up and running inside 10 minutes.

GOAL in the fifth minute! Harmanpreet Singh sounds the board from the short corner. The ball is drilled in at the first castle and Harman packs it into the goal.

The national anthems are completed! Ready for the game now.

The duo complete the 150 and 100 caps for India, respectively.

Played: 4 | India: 3 | China: 1

Played: 7 | India: 6 | China: 1

India: PR Sreejesh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh, Gurjant Singh, Sumit, Shamsher Singh, Mandeep Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Amit Rohidas.

China: Weihao Wang, Qijun Chen, Chengfu Chen, Jiesheng Gao, Wenghui E, Chengcong Chen, Zixiang Guo, Shihao Du, Changliang Lin, Lei Meng, Weibao Ao.

And we move to the showpiece game of the night - India vs China.

Malaysia gets a win under its belt and three points as well. Pakistan will be unhappy with how it missed so many chances. The fate of this match could have been starkly different had the team taken even half of them.

Arshad Liaqat’s shot goes wide of the Malaysia goal. Just over a minute left in the game now.

Abdul Rehman opens Pakistan’s goal tally for the day. Packs it into the right corner from the left side of goal after the ball lands kindly for him in the circle.

Abdul Rana misses the penalty stroke. Hits it right at the keeper and Pakistan fails to open its account.

Pakistan gets a penalty stroke after a foul on Umar Bhutta.

Paksitan deploying a very aggressive press on Malaysia. This led to a chance for Umar Bhutta but the captain fired his shot wide.

The match treads into the final period. Can Pakistan pull off a miraculous comeback?

Malaysia gets the third. Faisal Saari is the constructor of the goal. He gets into the circle from the right and sends it to Silverius Shello.

Pakistan wins another PC seconds later for a stick check in the circle. There is still no scoring for Pakistan.

This time Razie Rahim with a flat sticked block on the ball running along the ground.

Abdul Rehman wins a penalty corner for Pakistan. A circle entry from the left to get the chance.

Hafizuddin stands tall and blocks the attempt.

Pakistan continues to try and make a way through the Malaysia circle but to no avail. The Malaysian defence has been well organised and ensured there’s no space available for the opponent.

Pakistan with a positive start to the second half. Abdul Hannan Shahid gets a pass in the circle and he looks to square it. The ball goes behind the on rushing support forward and runs out of play.

In the space of a minute, Malaysia has built a good cushion for itself. There was no separating the two for a major part of the half but towards the end Malaysia struck like lightning.

Malaysia with another goal. Pakistan does not know what has struck it. Two goals in two minutes. It is again the combination of Firhan Ashari and Faisal Sarri that gets Malaysia the goal.

Malaysia takes the lead. Faizal Saari with a swivel to send the keeper the wrong way and hit the board. Firhan Sarri with the pass into the circle.

A second penalty corner for Malaysia.

Razie’s flick travels wide of the goal.

What a spell of play. Malaysia defends a penalty corner and then mounts a counter attack. In three stick touches, the ball moves from one end to the other. Akmal Hussain with a diving save in Pakistan goal to prevent his team from going down.

Abdul Hannan Shahid with a chance in the second quarter. He gets the ball laid on a platter but poor retention sees him miss his swing.

Abdul Rehman with some brilliant skill work to move into the circle and then win a short corner.

Yet again, they fail to score. They go for a variation but mess up the implementation.

Hafizuddin Oshman saves the drag flick and Malaysia escapes.

Pakistan has won a penalty corner after a pass from the right flank hit a Malaysian player’s foot. The Speedy Tigers opt for a referral.

The decision stands and Malaysia loses its referral.

Akmal Hussain thwarts a drag flick from Razie Rahim to deny Malaysia a penalty corner conversion.

Malaysia enjoying the first set of circle entries but cannot produce a decisive pass.

The first quarter underway. It’s ben pretty even in the opening few minutes of the game.

Malaysia: Marhan Jalil, Faizal Saari, Firhan Ashari, Razie Rahim, Faiz Jali, Azuan Hasan, Hafizuddin Othman, Abu Kamal Azari, Najmi Jazlan, Muhammad Hassan, Amirul Azahar.

Pakistan: Akmal Hussain, Muhammad Abdullah, Ahitsham Aslam, Aqeel Ahmad, Arshad Liaqat, Abdul Rana, Adbul Shahid, Zikiriya Hayat, Umar Bhutta, Muhammad Khan, Afraz

Pakistan and Malaysia are on the pitch.

The Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium got a major facelift before the start of the tournament. The biggest change was the synthetic turf that was relaid. You can check out the entire process in this video.

Played: 32 | Pakistan: 18 | Malaysia: 4 | Draws: 10

The action does not stop at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium. The second game of the day between Pakistan and Malaysia is about to get underway at 06:15 PM.

The defending champion starts its campaign with a close-fought win against Japan. It was made to work hard for the win. Japan went ahead in the 5th minute but turned the tables around in the second and third quarters to add to its dominant record against the Japanese. Japan did not help itself by letting a couple of chances slip away cheaply.

Japan has had two yellow cards dished out to its players. A lack of discipline leaving the side one man down in crucial minutes of the game.

A half chance for Japan. There’s pinball in the Korea circle as no player manages to get a hold of the ball. The ball strikes the post and goes out of play.

Korea stole the momentum in the third period. Persisted attack from the centre of the field. A bit lucky too as it evaded the penalty corner without any harm.

Japan wins a penalty corner but squander the chance as the injection from the corner is not trapped cleanly. Strikes a foot and the Korean team gets a free hit.

Denied! Yoshikawa dives to his right and gets his stick to block the shot from Sunghyun Kim.

That should have been the third goal for Korea.

Japan has asked for a referral. A pass into the circle is deflected wide of a receiver and Japan thinks its come off a Korean foot.

The TV umpire says there is no advice possible. No penalty corner but Japan gets to keep its referral.

Korea takes the lead. A Japan defender fails to trap a simple ball in his own circle. JungHo Kim pounces on it and drills it past the keeper.

SAVE! Jaehyeon Kim with a brilliant denial on Fukuda’s shot from the middle of the circle.

Korea starts gets the ball rolling for the second half.

Korea is able to find a crack in the Japan defence which had been otherwise rock solid in the first half. After Japan went ahead, Korea took the initiative and attempted multiple circle penetrations. But in the end it was wily tip from Cheoleon Park which got the side back level.

Korea is back level! Janghyun Jong slaps a pass into the Japan circle which thuds into the goal with a deflection from Cheoleon Park.

Japan wins a penalty corner as Niwa is fouled with a stick check from a Korean player.

Junwoo Jeong does a phenomenal job as the first rusher. Denies the drag flick from getting past him.

Japan continues to assert itself in the early minutes of the second quarter. It’s getting to control long spells of possession.

Japan ends the period with a lead. While Ooka scored the goal, Japan also has to thank its keeper Yoshikawa who made a close range save.

Japan scores! Ryoma Ooka with a subtle deflection on Ryosei Kato’s shot to sound the board.

Jigwang Hyun won a penalty corner for Korea. But Japan reviews it and overturns the decision.

The first quarter is underway with Japan taking the possession of the ball.

Japan and South Korea lineups are out on the field. Time for the national anthems.

South Korea; 16 | Japan: 2 | Draw: 2

South Korea: Jaehyeon Kim, Manjae Jung, Dain Son, Jungjun Lee, Cheon Woo Ji, Cheoleon Park, Hyeseung Lee, Sunghyun Kim, Seunhoon Lee, Hyeongjin Kim, Jonghyun Jang.

Japan: Takashi Yoshikawa, Shota Yamada, Yamato Kawahara, Seren Tanaka, Kentaro Fukuda, Taiki Takade, Yuma Nagai, Raiki Fujishima, Masaki Ohashi, Genki Mitani, Kosei Kawabe.

After the Green Shirts landed in India for the Asian Champions Trophy, Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey said that India might reciprocate too.

South Korea will take on Japan in the opening match of the Asian Champions Trophy here at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium on Thursday.

Korea will look to build momentum from its feat of being the only Asian team to reach the World Cup quarterfinals earlier this year, where it also beat Japan 2-1 in the group stages.

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South Korea vs Japan - 04:00 PM IST

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