India vs China Live Score, Asian Champions Trophy Final: Harmanpreet Singh, Manpreet Singh
IND vs CHN Live Score, Asian Champions Trophy Hockey Final: After their bronze medal at the Paris Olympics just over a month back, the Indian men’s hockey team would look to continue their fine run of form and make it back-to-back Asian Champions Trophy titles. Harmanpreet Singh-led India take on hosts China in the final at Moqi Hockey Training Base in the China Daur Ethnic Park, Hulunbuir on Tuesday.
India are four-time champions of the tournament, and will be looking to make it two in a row after winning the title in Chennai last year.
India have been notching up win after win in Moqi, but will have to face a Chinese side that will be buoyed by a vocal local crowd. India won all their five matches in the group stage before prevailing comfortably in the semifinal too. On Monday, India registered a 4-1 win over Korea in the Semi-Final as Uttam Singh (13’) gave India the lead in the first quarter, followed by goals from Harmanpreet Singh (19’, 45+’) and Jarmanpreet Singh (32’). Jihun Yang (33’) scored the only goal for Korea. Read more in the semifinal report here.
In the other semifinal, China stunned Pakistan, prevailing 2-0 in a shootout to enter the final of this tournament for the first time ever. A team on the rise, China came through regulation time with a 1-1 draw and then did enough in the penalty shootout where Pakistan badly faltered.
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Asian Champions Trophy hockey: Mentor figure Raj Kumar Pal combines with Uttam Singh for fine team goal, India beat Korea to reach final
Uttam Singh in action against Korea. (Hockey India)
Raj Kumar Pal started playing hockey at the Karampur village stadium in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, after seeing his two elder brothers play the sport. As he started rising through the ranks, Raj Kumar turned out to be a brotherly figure to Uttam Singh at that very stadium.
It made for a lovely moment on Monday at Moqi Hockey Training Base in Hulunbuir on Monday, as the two were part of India’s well-worked opening goal in the semifinal of the men’s Asian Champions Trophy. As Uttam tapped in to complete a flowing passing move, it was Raj Kumar who was the first to rush to the former Under-21 captain and embrace him. (Read more)
