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Asian Champions Trophy 2023: Harmanpreet Singh leads goal-scoring charts
Asian Champions Trophy 2023: India captain Harmanpreet Singh (7 goals in 5 matches) is the leading goalscorer in the tournament. All 7 of his goals have come via penalty corners.
India captain Harmanpreet Singh, with seven goals in five matches, is leading the goal scorers' chat in the 2023 Asian Champions Trophy at the end of the round-robin league.
With 20 goals in five matches, India is leading the tally of scoring the most goals in the tournament. A total of 59 goals have been scored by the six teams - India, Pakistan, China, Japan, Korea and Malaysia - at the end of the round-robin league.
There have been 30 penalty corner goals and 28 field goals. Korea, at one, has scored the least number of goals from penalty strokes, while India, with 14 goals, has converted most of its chances from the penalty corners.
All seven of Harmanpreet's goals have come from drag flicks, converting PCs into goals.
While Harmanpreet leads the scoring charts, no other Indian player has scored more than two goals thus far. Jugraj Singh and Akashdeep Singh - both scored against Pakistan on Wednesday - Varun Kumar and Mandeep Singh scored two goals each.
Sukhjeet Singh, Karthi Selvam, Nilakanta Sharma, Gurjant Singh and Hardik Singh have found the back of the net once each.
Top Scorers in the 2023 Asian Champions Trophy
Player | Matches | Goals | Field Goals | PC Goals | |
1 | Harmanpreet Singh (India) | 5 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
2 | Firhan Ashari (Malaysia) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
3 | Muhammad Khan (Pakistan) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Akashdeep Singh (India) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
5 | Chongcong Chen (China) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
(Updated on August 10)