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Men's Junior Hockey Asia Cup: India holds its nerve to pip Japan - Highlights
India survive a late Japanese onslaught to emerge with a 3-2 victory.
The Indian junior men's hockey team faced a spirited Japan in its second match of the 2024 Men's Junior Hockey Asia Cup, in Oman, on Thursday.
After a crushing 11-0 win over Thailand in the opening game yesterday, the Indian team come into this match with a lot of confidence.
Japan too, had beat Chinese Taipei 11-0 in its opening fixture.
With the scores tied at 1-1, India scored twice in Q3 to take the lead and from there, held on to post their second consecutive victory of the campaign.
Catch all the highlights here.
Live Updates
- 28 Nov 2024 2:53 PM GMT
The players are out!
We're very close to the start of the match.
It is an interesting thing to note that Japan, in their opening game, won Chinese Taipei 11-0 as well, just like India.
- 28 Nov 2024 2:41 PM GMT
Can India make it two wins out of two?
India, the two-time defending champions have started their title defense brilliantly, with an 11-0 win over Thailand yesterday.
Here is the starting XI of the India:
- 28 Nov 2024 2:37 PM GMT
Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the Junior Men's Hockey Asia Cup!
In today's match, we have India taking on Japan.
