Asian Champions Trophy LIVE: India take on South Korea in opening match - Live Scores, Updates, Blog
The Indian men's hockey team returns to action after their bronze medal at Tokyo 2020 to take on South Korea in the Asian Champions Trophy.
India vs South Korea Hockey: India Men's Hockey team will return to action for the first time since their historic Olympic bronze-medal winning campaign as the Hero Men's Asian Champions Trophy 2021 gets underway in Dhaka on Tuesday.
In their opening tie, India are up against Korea. The defending Champions will be led by Skipper Manpreet Singh and Vice-Captain Harmanpreet Singh as they look to win the trophy. In the previous edition of this event held in Muscat, Oman, India had jointly lifted the title along with Pakistan as the Final was called off due to incessant rains. The match is scheduled to begin from 3:00 pm IST.
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"We conceded too many unnecessary cards today, that is something we need to work on immediately," says India captain Manpreet Singh. India were a man down at the end of both halves.
Harmanpreet with the shot from the PC. Does not get a clean connection with his shot. The keeper rushes out to save. India crowd the box in the final minute, but the goal remains elusive.
Seconds left. Match over. The first match of the tournament ends in a 2-2 draw. India went 2-0 ahead in Q3 before Korea got back to equalize. India begin their ACT campaign with a draw.
The Indian team stretched in the final minutes with a man down in the final minutes. It's still the Indian team who are going for the kill in the final minutes. A great chance for India with 3 minutes left, but another great save by the goalkeeper keeps them out.
Korea look to have fewer men on the attack as they mount an offence of their own. A shot wide off goal to end that.
A PC for India with 1 minute left in the match!
Vice-captain Harmanpreet Singh converts a PC as India keep earning them. Korea go for a video referral. And it's successful! The goal is ruled out because Harmanpreet's shot had been off target before it was deflected into goal by a Korean stick.
5 minutes left: Mandeep Mor given an yellow card. India will play with a man less in the time that remains. Korea capitalized on their man advantage last time. Can they do it again and get ahead?
India with a couple of great chances to regain the lead with 10 minutes left on the clock. Varun with a great chance, but the Korean goalie Kim makes another great save.
A very structured show of defence from the Koreans as the game has gone on.
Goal! A tap-in goal as the final quarter gets underway with a Korean pushback. Kim Sung Hyun scores for Korea. Karkera, who just came on to play in goal, has conceded. And the scores are level at 2-2! 14 minutes remaining.
Korea went into overdrive the moment they had a one-man advantage. And with one goal back, they are making India uncomfortable with Q3 coming to an end.
India started this quarter with plenty of attacks but Korea have managed to wrest the initiative in the 3rd Quarter. Will they have enough in their tank to get one more back in the final 15 minutes?
Lalit Kumar Upadhyay is given an yellow card - he is astonished at the decision. Korea finally get what they were looking for - a PC. Their first PC of the match with 40 minutes gone. Gurinder Singh penalized for a body check in the Indian circle.
India defending with a player less! Harmanpreet penalized for stepping out of the goal-line before the injection. A golden opportunity for Korea! And they score! Jonghyung Jang the goalscorer for them.
A flurry of PCs for India to begin the second half. Hardik with the injections, and it's another goal for India! Harmanpreet Singh converts the Penalty Corner.
India lead by 2 goals now with 5 minutes played in the 2nd half.
Set for the second half. Lalit Upadhyay's early goal still the difference between the two sides.
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