ACT Hockey: India is currently at the top of the points table!!

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ACT Hockey: TheIndian men's hockey team won its fourth consecutive match, defeating south korea 3-1, Harmanpreet scored two goals


The only goal for south korea was scored by Jihun Yang on a penalty corner in the 30th minute. The indian team, which has already secured a place in the semi-finals, will now data-face its arch-rival pakistan in its final league match on Saturday. Paris Olympics bronze medallist india had earlier defeated china 3-0, japan 5-0, and last year's runner-up malaysia 8-1. For india against south korea, Arijeet Singh Hundal scored in the eighth minute while captain Harmanpreet Singh scored two goals in the ninth and 43rd minutes.

The only goal for south korea was scored by Jihun Yang on a penalty corner in the 30th minute. The indian team, which has already secured a place in the semi-finals, will now data-face its arch-rival pakistan in its final league match on Saturday. The top four teams from the league stage of the six-team tournament will qualify for the semi-finals on Saturday, while the final will be played on Sunday.


India once again started aggressively and Arijeet scored the first goal on Sukhjeet Singh's pass. A minute later, Rajkumar Pal, who scored a hat-trick against malaysia, got india a penalty corner on which Harmanpreet scored. India's reserve goalkeeper Suraj Karkera performed effectively and did not let Korea score in the second quarter.


Korea made several attacks on the indian goal in the second quarter and Yang scored a goal from a penalty corner in the last minute. Korea got two consecutive penalty corners in the 35th minute but the indian defense was alert. india got a second penalty corner two minutes later but could not score. Harmanpreet scored from a penalty corner in the 43rd minute to increase India's lead to 3-1. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Jarmanpreet Singh missed a penalty corner, but the Korean team could not score from it.


India is currently at the top of the points table. After four wins, india has 12 points. pakistan is in second place with five points and South Korea is in third place with five points. malaysia is in fourth place with four points, china is in fifth place with three points and Japan is in sixth place with one point. India has earlier defeated china, japan, and malaysia in the group stage matches.

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