Asia Cup Hockey LIVE: India take on Malaysia in opening match - Live Scores, Goals, Updates
Q1: India 3-0 Malaysia
Navneet Kaur with a brilliant goal now! Receives with a great touch, feints to send the defender the wrong way and then shoots into the top corner. India lead 3-0 with 14 minutes on the clock.
Q1: India 2-0 Malaysia
India now ean the first PC of the match. Just wide! India continue their attacks, Malaysia not getting a shot in at the moment.
A second PC now. And India score! Deep Grace Ekka scores! 10 minutes on the clock, and India lead 2-0.
Q1: India 1-0 Malaysia
The Indians crowd the Malaysian circle again, and again the shot is blocked. A field goal then goes in! India score at the halfway point of the first quarter. Vandana Katariya celebrates her special match with a goal.
India attack in Q1
India shade the possession as the match begins. And the first attack is by the Indian side as well, but two shots are hit and both are blocked by the crowd in the Malaysian defence.
India vs Malaysia: World Number 9 vs World Number 20
Earlier today, China have thumped Thailand 6-1 and Korea have thumped Indonesia 7-0.
It's a big day for Malaysia's hockey community too as they take on the fourth-placed side at the Olympics. The match is set to begin in a few more minutes. India are ranked 9 in the world. Malaysia are ranked 20. India are the top-ranked women's side in Asia, Malaysia are the fifth.
India's group matches
India are expected to comfortably qualify through this group. Japan, who eliminated the men's team from the Asia Cup last month, could be the toughest opponents.
India vs Malaysia Teams
Savita Punia, who is leading the side, is the first goalkeeper to be captain of the Indian team at the Women's Asia Cup.
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