Asian Champions Trophy 2021: Indian men's hockey team beat Pakistan to win the bronze medal at the Asian Champions Trophy on December 22, 2021. The neck-to-neck contest ended with Manpreet Singh-led India beating arch-rivals 4-3 to secure a third place in the tournament.
Congratulations to the #MenInBlue for clinching the 3rd place in the Hero Men’s Asian Champions Trophy Dhaka 2021. 🏆
— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) December 22, 2021
Well played, team 🇮🇳.👏🤩#IndiaKaGame #HeroACT2021 pic.twitter.com/j7UDwYoins
The Defending Champions had earlier suffered a shocking defeat in their semifinal match against Japan on December 21st. Pakistan had also lost 6-5 against South Korea in the other seminal in a thrilling match.
India lost 3-5 to Japan despite being the favourites to win the match after having beaten Japan 6-0 in their last round match and having topped the round-robin stage with an unbeaten record.
India and Japan's head-to-head record also shows a clear dominance of India with the team winning 16 matches of their total 18 encounters and Japan winning one and one ending in a draw. Hence, Japan's strong comeback was a complete shocker for the Manpreet Singh-led side.
Japan will now take on South Korea in the finals of the Asian Champions Trophy,
Asian Champions Trophy 2021 Hockey Bronze Medal Match: India vs Pakistan Highlights
• India took the lead in the opening stage of the game with Harmanpreet Singh hitting the first goal but Pakistan bounced back soon ending the first half at level.
• Pakistan took a one-goal advantage over India in the beginning of second half with Abdul Rana scoring the second goal.
• India's Varun Kumar scored the equaliser for India at the stroke of the fourth quarter and brought the score to 2-2.
• India soon edged past Pakistan and gained two goal momentum with Akashdeep Singh scoring the fourth and final goal.
• Pakistan tried hard to bounce back with a third goal by Ahmed Nadeem but failed to equalise or take lead despite having a two-man advantage towards the end of the match with two Indian players Sumit and Hardik Singh sitting out after getting yellow cards.
• India and Pakistan had faced each other earlier in the tournament in the round-robin stage when India had registered a 3-1 win.
Goal-strikers from India- Harmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Varun Kumar, Akashdeep Singh
Goal-strikers from Pakistan- Arfraz, Abdul Rana, Ahmed Nadeem
Man of the Match- Manpreet Singh
India vs Pakistan hockey head-to-head
| Tournament | Matches | Wins by India | Wins by Pakistan | Draw |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer Olympics | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| World Cup | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Champions Trophy | 19 | 7 | 12 | 0 |
| Asian Games | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| Asia Cup | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Asian Hockey Champions Trophy | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Commonwealth Games | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| FIH Hockey World League | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Afro-Asian Games | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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