Sunday, October 30, 2016

Hockey News

At 4th Asian Champions Trophy 2016, Kuantan, Malaysia

Courtesy Arena Hockey Malaysia
Championship Match
India bt Pakistan 3-2 (2-1)
Goal Scorers - Rupinder Pal Singh (IND) 18' PC, Yousuf Affan (IND) 23', Nikkin Thimmaiah (IND) 51' and Aleem Bilal (PAK) 26' PC, Ali Shan (PAK) 38'

India wins second time Asian Champions trophy beating Pakistan ... Before this we won the title in 2011 and with win also cemented our place as top Asian team ... Rupinder Pal Singh became top scorer of the tournament with 11 goals ... He also receive Best Player of the Tournament award ... Sardar Singh received Best Player of the Final award.

Both teams played really entertaining attacking hockey ... Earlier we were better team on the field but out forward line failed to show on scoreboard those many circle penetration ... Rupinder scored on 2nd penalty corner in 18th minute and within 5 minutes Affan scored on tap in on excellent move by Sardar and Ramandeep ... After that Pakistan made superb comeback ... They putted Indian defenders under pressure and converted penalty corner through Bilal ... After half-time they kept attacking and scored field goal through Ali Shan for equalized ... In the fourth quarter we started to pick our game and one of those excellent move Akashdeep passes towards Nikkin, who scored powerful hit from top of the goal to give winning lead to India.

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