India beat Pakistan 3-2 in Asian Champions Trophy match

Greenshirts lost the match even after being 2-1 at one stage


Sports Desk October 23, 2016
PHOTO COURTESY: TWITTER/ MALAYSIAN HOCKEY CONFEDERATION

Pakistan were beaten 3-2 by India in the group match of the Asian Champions Trophy on Sunday at Wisma Belia Hockey Stadium.

India opened the scoring with a field goal from Pardeep Mor in the 22nd minute.

Greenshirts make amends with last-gasp winner


Pakistan replied with a field goal from Muhammad Rizwan Sr in the 31st minute to level the score 1-1.



Pakistan's offensive reaped fruit when Muhammad Irfan Jr tapped in a pass from Umar Bhutta into the nets.

Defending champions Pakistan off to losing start


However, India came back strong on the counter and scored two goals in a span of two minutes courtesy Rupinder Pal Singh (43rd minute) and Ramandeep Singh (44th minute).

Earlier, Pakistan lost its match to Malaysia 4-2 and beat Korea 1-0 in its previous two encounters of the tournament.

COMMENTS (4)

Amit Lunia | 7 years ago | Reply Well done both teams Let this fight to win against each other goes on forever in every sports field
Khan | 7 years ago | Reply Pakistan has won more hockey matches and more hockey world cups than India. So proud of our team.
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