IND 5-1 JPN, Men’s Hockey Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Highlights: India Cruise Past a Misfiring Japan to Make it Consecutive Wins – News18

India vs Japan Highlights, Men’s Hockey Asian Champions Trophy 2024: The defending champions have managed to register their second win on the trot by thrashing Japan 5-1 on Monday.

Sukhjeet Singh starred by opening the scoring and closing it with the final goal as well. Among the other scorers include the likes of Abhishek, Sanjay and Uttam Singh all getting on the scoresheet.

Japan on the other hand were trailing for most the fixture but the late strike in the third quarter gave them some home. However, they were unable to muster up a comeback performance as they went on to suffer their first loss in the tournament.

India’s Squad for the Asian Champions Trophy 2024:

Krishan Bahadur Pathak, Krishan Bahadur Pathak, Jarmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Jugraj Singh, Harmanpreet Singh (captain), Varun Kumar, Amit Rohidas, Hardik Singh (vice-captain), Vivek Sagar Prasad, Manpreet Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Shamsher Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, S Karthi.

India Probable Playing XI: Krishan Bahadur Pathak, Jarmanpreet Singh, Abhishek, Manpreet Singh, Sumit, Gujrot Singh, Raj Kumar Pal, Jugraj Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Sukhjeet Singh, Harmanpreet Singh

Japan Probable Playing XI: Shota Yamada, Yamato Kawahara, Seren Tanaka, Kazumasa Matsumoto, Yuma Nagai, Manabu Yamashita, Raiki Fujishima, Tasubasa Tanaka, Kosei Kawabe, Yosei Oba, Keita Watanabe