India vs Japan HIGHLIGHTS, Asian Champions Trophy: Japan frustrates India with 1-1 draw

Malaysia remains at the top of the standings, and the only team with the perfect record.

Japan has done it! It steals a point from India. A thoroughly deserved one given its splendid defensive display. India cannot keep its place at the top of the table and slips to second. Coach Craig Fulton would most certainly not be happy with it given the penalty corner chances it missed.

Japan gets its first point of the competition.

Harmanpreet takes the ball deep in the Indian half and wins a free hit to end Japan’s pressure.

India has placed all its bodies in its own half. No press from the home team.

Mandeep Singh has been shown a yellow card and will be out for the remaining match. India will end the game with just 10 players.

Sukhjeet Singh and Nilakanta Sharma combine and enter the circle. The latter is front of the goal but Yoshikawa walks out to thwart the shot.

That save potentially keeps the point for Japan.

Shota Yamada gets just enough on his tackle to take the ball away from Mandeep Singh.

Japan wins the referral and the TV umpire deems it dangerous ball.

Another penalty corner for India as Vivek Sagar Prasad thuds the ball onto an Indian foot. Japan refers the decision, contesting it to be a dangerous ball.

MISS! Varun Kumar takes the drag flick and can only send it wide off the left post.

Sukhjeet Singh wins a penalty corner for India. Draws Kawahara close to him and strikes his foot.

Karthi Selvam loses the ball in the midfield. Thankfully for him, Japan cannot control it and only get a ball in from the touchline.

Shamsher Singh loses the ball to a Japanese stick but Amit Rohidas bails his teammate out with a steal.

Manpreet Singh intercepts a pass in the midfield which ends a sustained spell of possession for Japan.

SAVED! Jugraj Singh’s drag flick was packed with a punch but it is blocked by Yoshikawa.

India gets a PC! The save from Sreejesh ends up in a counter. Mandeep takes a shot which is saved but ricochets onto a defender’s foot.

SAVED! Sreejesh makes a save on a shot taken from the left side of the circle.

Harmanpreet Singh’s drag flick thuds on to the first rusher’s knee. Termed as dangerous play.

Shamsher Singh wins a penalty corner for India. Enters the circle and gently taps the ball onto the Japanese player’s foot.

India finally managing to find a breakthrough in the third period. It was the captain Harmanpreet Singh who struck from a penalty corner. India should throw the kitchen sink at Japan in search for a win.

India is on the attack but the hooter sounds to indicate the end of the third period.

Harmanpreet Singh sounds the board! India needs him and the captain arrives. He is at the first castle and keeps the flick low. Nutmegs the keeper on the way to the board.

Another penalty corner for India. Hardik Singh is not given five yards to collect an aerial ball in the circle.

India struggling to find the space for a circle entry. Harmanpreet sends a powerful hit into the circle but that runs wide of Sumit on the baseline.

Japan with a composed spell of possession. Has not managed to get near the circle though but it is content with just having the ball.

Karthi Selvam steals the ball of a Japan player. He feeds it to Akashdeep who hits it with a reverse stick shot. Only a long corner for India.

Jarmanpreet Singh’s sends a rocket of a pass into the circle. The ball sounds the board but there was not connection in the circle and hence Japan gets the ball.

Jugraj Singh’s drag flick only finds the stick of the Japan first rusher.

India gets a penalty corner. A Japan player pushes the ball over the baseline intentionally.

Chance for India.

SAVED! Yoshikawa with another save. Akashdeep gets space at the edge of the circle and he unleashes a tomahawk.

Taike Takade with some neat control on the left touchline but commits a foul in the way.

Amit Rohidas tries to scoop the ball into the final third but does not middle it, handing the possession to Japan.

Japan with the ball in the second half.

Who would have thought? Japan has thwarted all of India’s attempts and in turn have scored one of its own. Eight penalty corners for India and six were blocked by the first rusher. Japan needed only two to make it count.

India lost to Japan the last time in the Asian Champions Trophy. Is a repeat result on the cards?

Another chance for Japan! Harmanpreet Singh loses possession in his own circle prompting a reverse hti at the Indian goal. Krishan Bahadur Pathak makes a save.

Stunned silence in the stadium. Nagayoshi gets the drag flick between the legs of Varun Kumar. Japan, unexpectedly, takes the lead in the contest.

A penalty corner for Japan. Kawabe is able to get the foot of Sumit to get the corner.

Jugraj Singh brings down a Japan player in attack and is shown a green card for that.

Japan growing in confidence over the past couple of minutes. Keeping the possession.

Seren Tanaka’s slap into the circle goes untouched as rolls out of play. Any connection from the two converging forwards would have been fatal for India.

Amit Rohidas with good defending. Takuma Niwa enters the circle and Amit gets right beside him to steal the ball away.

India retaining the ball for long spells but the decisive pass into the circle still not coming by.

MISS! Another chance for India. Karthi Selvam gets room for a tomahawk from the left side. It is a clean hit but goes wide.

Saved again! Akashdeep Singh gets a look at the goal which is denied by the Japan custodian.

Chance! Two chances in seconds for India. Akashdeep Singh squares the ball but Gurjant fails to tap it in.

Sumit then takes a second swipe at the goal which is saved by Yoshikawa under the bar.

India continues with possession in the second quarter.

India could not make a goal out of eight penalty corners. That has been the story of the first quarter. Fantastic defence by the Japan rushers.

Japan’s defence of the penalty corner remains on the point. Three corners in succession and India still fails to find a way. The last attempt is again not halted at the edge which allows Japan to cover ground and thwart the chance.

Harmanpreet Singh hits the first rusher but keeps the ball. Hardik ends up taking the shot from the left baseline which deflects off the keeper and hits the post.

India though gets another corner for a stick check.

A penalty corner for India. Gurjant penetrates the circle and then finds the foot of Ohashi

India makes a counter attack. Hardik with the entry into the circle. Plays it to Gurjant. Gurjant goes to Karthi on the left baseline before a tackle takes the ball away from India.

Karthi Selvam gains entry to the circle with a wonderful run down the right. His cut back, though, does not find an Indian stick.

Hardik Singh and Karthi Selvam try to combine on the right side of the Japan circle but fail to break through.

Vivek Sagar Prasad sitting out two minutes for a foul.

Japan fails to trap the ball. Sukhjeet Singh and Mandeep Singh break out on a counter but the former’s last pass is intercepted right on the edge of the circle.

A penalty corner for Japan. The ball is slapped into the circle and the ball pops up of a stick before hitting Sumit’s foot.

Amit Rohidas attempts to clear the ball out from the back with a dribble. He is good for the most part but pushes the ball just outside the left touchline.

The fourth attempt sees India failing to trap the ball at the edge of the circle. Fantastic work by Japan then to close down Vivek Sagar Prasad’s reverse hit.

India takes three penalty corners and all three come off the first rusher’s foot.

India wins a penalty corner. Taiki Takade is not five metres away from India’s free hit which prompts a penalty corner.

A circle entry for India which culminates with Shamsher taking a shot. A comfortbale save for Yoshikawa.

India has a chance to break away at the Japan circle but Jarmanpreet takes to long to control the ball on the left touchline which allows Japan to pull bodies back.

Seren Tanaka takes a blow on his knee. Harmanpreet Singh’s shot strikes the Japanese player. Takes a medical break but looks fine to continue.

Japan takes control of the tempo. Gets to connect a few passes. Always good for any team to get rid of the nerves.

An attempt to enter the circle right away from India. Gurjant tries to sneak in from the right side but has the ball stolen off him.

Off we go! India gets possession to start the game.

India and Japan are out in the middle. The dignitaries arrive too as we proceed to the national anthems.

We played well yesterday but we did not win. We need to be more focused. We need to play with confidence to win.

It was a good start. A confidence builder. Some good goals with the PC working. It is a different challenge today. We will respect with opposition.

A 1-0 victory or a win by atleast two goals if it concedes is what India needs to get back to the top of the points table.

Korea 1-1 Pakistan

China 1-5 Malaysia

Mandeep Singh reached a career landmark with his strike against China on Thursday. The goal was the forward’s 100th for India.

The Speedy Tigers maintained their perfect record in the Asian Champions Trophy with a 5-1 win against China.

India: PR Sreejesh, Varun Kumar, Jarmanpreet Singh, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Gurjant Singh, Mandeep Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Nilakanta Sharma, Akashdeep Singh.

Japan: Takashi Yoshikawa, Shota Yamada, Seren Tanaka, Kentaro Fukuda, Taiki Takade, Yuma Nagai, Manabu Yamashita, Raiki Fujishima, Ryosei Kato, Masaki Ohashi, Kaito Tanaka.

Pakistan and Korea played out a thrilling 1-1 draw in the first match of the day.

Here is Aashin Prasad’s report:

India and Japan played a classification match in the FIH Hockey World Cup in Bhubaneswar in January. The home team smashed eight past the Japan defence in a one-sided affair.

Played: 33 | India: 27 | Japan: 3 | Draw: 3

India had taken the top spot after last night but was displaced after Malaysia defeated China earlier today.

Korea got a point after its draw with Pakistan.

Check the full updated standings: ​

The Indian skipper struck twice in India’s romping win against China.

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Korea 2-1 Japan

Goals: KOR: JungHo Kim, Cheoleon Park

JPN: Ryoma Ooka

India 7-2 China

Goals: IND: Harmanpreet Singh 2, Varun Kumar 2, Akashdeep Singh, Mandeep Singh, Sukhjeet Singh.

CHN: Jiesheng Gao. Wenhui E

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