Asian Champions Trophy 2023 Final: Malaysia 3-4 India Highlights

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India men’s hockey team thrashed reigning Asian Games champions Japan (5-0) to progress to the final of Asian Champions Trophy 2023. Akashdeep led the attack scoring the opening goal and overall, India had five different goal scorers in the semi-finals of which four of them scored field goals – Karthi Selvam, Mandeep Singh, Akashdeep Singh, and Sumit.

Captain Harmanpreet Singh opened his account and scored his eighth goal of the tournament and continues to lead the goal scoring chart. Earlier in the day, Malaysia defeated defending champions South Korea (6-2) to reach the final.

India and Malaysia clashed against each other once in the group stage with the former registering a comfortable victory (5-0). However the match in the final isn’t going to be a easy one for the Indians. Sreejesh in press conference said, “Malaysia do not see any change in the weather conditions and are comfortable playing here.”

Having finished in third position in all the previous editions of the Asian Champions Trophy barring one, the Malaysian hockey team has already secured their best-ever finish at the tournament. However, they would look to go for the top prize and win their maiden title.

But for that, they will have to win against the odds and history. In the previous 34 meetings between the two nations, India has secured wins in 23 games, while Malaysia could only win seven. The rest four games ended as a draw.

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India have lifted the Asian Champions Trophy 2023 title a record three times, they share the feat with arch-rivals. A win today will make India the nation with most titles in the tournament history. Apart from winning the title thrice, India will also be playing their fifth final, while Malaysia are making their final debut.

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