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End of 1st Half: India 1-0 South Korea

Hardik, who has been one of more impactful players in the Indian side, has an impact too many and goes out with a green card. With minutes to go before half-time Korea lose a payer with a green card. Their attacks have so far failed to bear fruit, they have managed to keep India's lead down to the one goal though.

India get a PC with seconds left in the half. The Korean keeper makes a brave save as the hooter goes.

Q2: India 1-0 Korea after 25 minutes

Korea begin to get into the game more in the second quarter. They are getting a few entries into the circle. Germanpreet Singh makes a crucial interception. Now Lalit and Akashdeep combine magnificently to get through the Korean midfield once more. A very open game in Q2.

End of Q1: India 1-0 Korea

Akashdeep Singh making his mark on his return to the Indian squad, proving a point after missing the Tokyo Olympics. India go into the end of Quarter 1 with a 1-0 lead.

India 1-0 Korea after 11 minutes

Rajkumar penetrates the Korean circle as India threaten to score again. India have pentrated the Korean circle four times by now. The Indian midfield is outnumbering its Korean counterpart at the moment as the Indians dominate possession. Mandeep and Lalit combine on the right to create more danger for Korea.

India 1-0 Korea after 7 minutes

The last time these two teams met each other was at this same venue, in Dhaka. That had been a 1-1 draw. The Korean team therefore have a reputation of being slippery customers.

The Indian defence doing well to keep the Korean attacks out of the danger area for now. 

India score in 4th minute

Goal for India to get off to a great start! Lalit Kumar the goalscorer. India get their first goal of the tournament within minutes.

India 1-0 Korea in Q1

India vs Korea: Match set to begin

'We've got a nice mix of experience and youth in this team, some players are showing they should have been in the Olympics squad,' says the Indian coach as the match is set to get underway. The two teams step out into the centre - India in white and Korea in red.

The national anthems now underway...

India vs Korea: Teams

The teams are out. Less than half an hour to go before the match.

India's matches at the Asian Champions Trophy

The Asian Champions Trophy features the best six teams from Asia taking on each other in a round-robin format before a knockout stage. With Malaysia's recent pull-out, the five teams in the competition this year are India, Korea, Pakistan, Japan and Bangladesh.

India vs Korea: India Squad

Less than one hour to go for the Indian men's hockey team to return to action.

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