India vs Japan Hockey Asian Champions Trophy 2024: Indian team’s stormy performance… defeated Japan in a one-sided match

India vs Japan Hockey Result: The Indian hockey team has registered its second consecutive win in the Asian Champions Trophy 2024. India defeated Japan 5-1 in the match played in Hulunbuir on 9 September (Monday). Sukhjeet Singh scored the most goals (2nd and 60th minutes) for India. Abhishek (3rd minute), Sanjay (17th minute) and Uttam Singh (54th minute) scored one goal each. Kazumasa Matsumoto scored the only goal for Japan in the 41st minute of the game.

India will now compete with Malaysia

This was the second consecutive victory of the Indian team. Earlier, it had defeated host China 3-0 in its opening match. India’s next match will be against last year’s runner-up Malaysia on 11 September. Then it will face Korea on 12 September and arch-rival Pakistan on 14 September. The semi-finals and finals will be played on 16 and 17 September. Let us tell you that a total of six teams including India are participating in this tournament. All the teams will play five matches each in the group stage. India won the bronze medal in the recent Paris Olympics under the leadership of Harmanpreet Singh.

The Indian team had a stormy start in the match against Japan. In the second minute itself, Sukhjeet put pressure on the Japanese defenders and scored a field goal. After a few seconds, India scored another field goal when Abhishek put the ball in the Japanese goalpost. After this, no other goal was scored in the first quarter. Then in the second quarter also, India made a great start when Sanjay scored a goal from a penalty corner. This was his first goal for India.

India was leading 3-0 till halftime. Then the third quarter of the game went in favour of the Japanese team, in which they scored a goal. Then in the fourth quarter, India retaliated and scored two goals. First Uttam Singh scored a brilliant field goal, then in the last minute of the game, Sukhjeet Singh once again managed to penetrate the Japanese goalpost.

India has left Pakistan behind in this matter

If we look at it, the Indian team is a strong contender to become the champion this time too. India won the title on home ground last year, making it the team to win the most number of titles (4) in the history of the tournament. India had beaten Pakistan in this matter, which had won the title on three occasions. Apart from India-Pakistan, only Korea has won this tournament on one occasion. Korea won the title in the 2021 season.