Asia Cup Hockey, LIVE: India goes down 0-2 against Japan — Updates, Scores, Goals, Results

It's PUSHBACK!

The Indian women's hockey team led by goalkeeper Savita Punia is charged up to win their second match. 

Here's the starting XI for the Indian women's hockey team

A quick preview of tonight's game

India will take on Asian Games defending Champions Japan in their second Pool A match. Japan beat Singapore 6-0 in their first match on Friday. The two teams had earlier met in 2019 during the Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey in 2019, a Test event ahead of the Olympic Games 2020. India had Japan 2-1 in the round robin league stage as well as the Final. Speaking about the opponent, Schopman said, "It should be a good game. Japan have also brought an experienced team so we are looking forward to playing them. It will be interesting to see if we can execute our gameplay using our strengths."