Sultan of Johor Cup 2024: India wins 4-2 against Malaysia-Highlights
India has won both games so far in this tournament and will be looking to make it three wins in three games against Malaysia.
Indian men's junior team won the bronze medal at the Sultan of Johor Cup 2024.
India will play Malaysia in the third match of the 2024 Sultan Johor Cup on Tuesday at the Taman Daya Hockey Stadium in Malaysia.
After winning their first two games of the tournament against Japan and Great Britain respectively, India will be looking to make it three wins in three with a win against hosts Malaysia.
As it happened:
The referee blows his whistle for fulltime, and India make it three wins in three matches, winning hosts Malaysia 4-2.
After an early double blow from Malaysia, India bounced back strongly, scoring two goals and leveling things up inside the first quarter and in the third quarter, made it 4-2.
Goals from Sharda Nand Tiwari, Arshdeep Singh, Talem Priyobatra and Rohit sealed the deal for India.
Malaysia will take a lot of positives from this match, especially the way they played the first half, with goals from Muhammad Danish Aiman and Harris Osman.
The drag flick hits the post! India were so close to making it five!
58': PC for India! They continue to attack and are all over the Malaysians at the end of this match.
57': India miss the chance to make it five!
Despite Dilraj Singh stretching out his arms hoping his stick would deflect the ball goalwards, the ball whizzes past him.
India are finishing this game on a strong note.
Malaysia was not able to convert the PC. The score remains 4-2 in favor of the Indians.
PC for Malaysia! If they score this India will be in for a nervy final minutes of the match.
53': Another PC for India! The Malaysian challenge is falling apart here and India can pile on more misery.
A quick update: The goal from Amir Ali was overturned and it remains Malaysia 2-4 India.
That's it. The game is done and dusted!
Amir Ali the captain places his drag flick into the top corner!
With a three goal lead and less than ten minutes to go, it is safe to say India will take all the points from this match!
Their 100% record in this tournament will remain intact.
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