Asian Champions Trophy Final 2023: The Indian hockey team has captured the Asian Champions Trophy 2023. Team India won the title by defeating Malaysia 4-3 in a thrilling final match played at the Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai.
This is the fourth time that Team India has become the champion in this tournament. India has become the country to win the Asian Champions Trophy the most number of times.
Malaysia initially dominated Team India in the final match. The Indian team trailed by 2 goals at half time, but after that the team came back brilliantly and scored 3 goals in the last two quarters to win.
Players scored goals for India
In the final for India, Jugraj Singh scored in the 9th minute, Captain Harmanpreet Singh in the 45th minute, Gurjant Singh also scored in the 45th minute and Akashdeep Singh in the 56th minute.
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such goals in the match
- India scored the first goal in the 9th minute of the match. Jugraj Singh converted a penalty corner for India.
- Then in the 14th minute Azrai Abu Kamal scored a goal for Malaysia.
- After this in the second quarter, Raheez Raji scored a penalty corner in the 18th minute and Mohammad Aminuddin scored a penalty corner in the 28th minute.
- By scoring 3 consecutive goals, Malaysia had defeated Team India 3-1.
- Karthi Selvam earned a penalty corner for India in the third quarter, but Jugraj Singh could not score.
- At the end of this quarter, Team India scored 2 goals. Captain Harmanpreet scored from the penalty stroke from the penalty spot.
- After Harmanpreet, Guljant Singh scored India’s first field goal with a brilliant strike towards the goal post.
Players scored for Malaysia
In the final for Malaysia, Azrai Abu Kamal scored in the 14th minute, Rahim Razi in the 18th minute and then Muhammad Aminuddin in the 28th minute. In the last few minutes, Team India turned the tide of the match and defeated Malaysia 4-3.
This was the starting lineup of India and Malaysia teams in the title match
India: Krishna Bahadur Pathak (goalkeeper), Varun Kumar, Jarmanpreet Singh, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Gurjant Singh, Mandeep Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Shamsher Singh, Akashdeep Singh.
Malaysia: Hafeezuddin Othman (goalkeeper), Mujahir Abdul, Marhan Jalil, Ashran Hamsamy, Faizal Saari, Razi Rahim, Faiz Jalli, Azuan Hasan, Abu Kamal Azrai, Najmi Jazlan, Amirul Azhar.
