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Asian Champions Trophy 2023: India women reach final; beat South Korea 2-0 in semis- Highlights
Catch the highlights of the Indian women's team's semifinal clash against South Korea at the Women's Asian Champions Trophy 2023 in Ranchi on Saturday.
Indian women's hockey team faces off against Japan in the final of the Asian Women's Champions Trophy 2023 on Sunday.
The Indian women's hockey team, the only unbeaten side in the competition, registered a 2-0 win over South Korea in the semifinal of the Asian Women's Champions Trophy 2023 in Ranchi on Saturday.
India will play Japan, who beat China in the first semifinal, in the final on Sunday at 8:30 PM Indian Standard Time.
Match highlights:
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- 4 Nov 2023 4:44 PM GMT
60' Full Time | India reaches the final
Indian women's hockey team reaches the final of the Asian Women's Champions Trophy with a hard-fought 2-0 win over South Korea. Salima Tete (11') and Vaishnavi Phalke (19') scored the goals for India.
India will face off against Japan, who beat China in the first semifinal, in the final on Sunday.
- 4 Nov 2023 4:39 PM GMT
57' Penalty corner for Korea
Korea is now back to 11 players, while the Indians are still down to 9 women.
Korea gets a penalty corner, but the Indians go for a review. Does it catch Nikki Pradhan's hand? It does, India loses its review.
Korea takes the PC injected by Juyeon Lee, but what a save by captain Savita Punia!
India 2-0 South Korea
- 4 Nov 2023 4:36 PM GMT
56' Lalremsiami's brisk attack
Eunji Kim receives a blow on her face. Lalremsiami breaks into the Korean circle after delivering a pass to Salima.
Eunji, trying to ward off Lalremsiami, gets hit on her face by Lalremsiami's stick. Nasty blow!
India 2-0 South Korea
- 4 Nov 2023 4:34 PM GMT
55' Korea keeps Indian defence under pressure
The Korean players are now trying to keep the pressure on the Indian defence as Vanada and Jyoti have been shown the yellow card.
India is down to 9 women while the Koreans are down to 10 women
- 4 Nov 2023 4:30 PM GMT
51' Yellow card for Suji Choi
Salima Tete goes down during a tussle with Suji Choi, who runs the stick into Salima's body.
Suji receives a yellow card. She has to be outside for 5 minutes. The Koreans are down to 10 women.
India leads 2-0
- 4 Nov 2023 4:27 PM GMT
47' Penalty corner for India
Vandana breaches the circle and earns a penalty corner.
Ishika injects the ball, and Navneet hits the board! The umpire rejects the goal as she deems Navneet's stroke too high.
India launches a counterattack, but Korea nullifies the danger.
India 2-0 South Korea
- 4 Nov 2023 4:23 PM GMT
46' 4th quarter begins
Eunbi initiates the play for South Korea as the fourth and final quarter of the semifinal begins.
- 4 Nov 2023 4:21 PM GMT
45' End of 3rd quarter
South Korea delivered an improved show in the third quarter as it did not allow India to score any more goals.
India, on the other hand, continued to dominate the match. India 2-0 South Korea
- 4 Nov 2023 4:20 PM GMT
43' Penalty corner for Korea
Koreans find the leg of Neha. Lee Yujin injects the ball and Nisha is the first rusher. The Korean drag flicker hits hard.
The ball flies over the goalpost after Nisha receives a nasty blow on her head. She needs medical attention.
Nisha continues to play.
India leads 2-0.
- 4 Nov 2023 4:16 PM GMT
42' Penalty corner for India
The video referral says the Korean player's feet are inside the circle. India earns a penalty corner.
Salima Tete takes the injection. Not a good effort by the Indian players. Baljeet Kaur still tries to attempt a shot, but the Korean defence clears the danger.
India 2-0 South Korea
