Men's Junior Asia Cup: India book ticket to final

Men's Junior Asia Cup: India book ticket to final

NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: The Indian Junior Men's Hockey Team took on Malaysia in the semifinal of the Men's Junior Asia Cup against Korea here on Tuesday and defeated them 3-1 to advance to the final. Dilraj Singh (10’), Rohit (45’) and Sharda Nand Tiwari (52’) found the back of the net for India in the tie while Kamaruddin Azimuddin (57’) scored a consolation goal for Malaysia towards the end of the game.

Malaysia started the game on the front foot, quickly earning a penalty corner. However, the Indian defence stood firm. Moments later, Captain Che Nur Aqilrullah forced India’s goalkeeper Bikramjeet into action with a powerful shot.

The growing pressure resulted in another penalty corner for Malaysia, but once again, Kamaruddin Azimuddin’s flick was saved. India looked to transition quickly from defence, and in the 10th minute, Araijeet Singh Hundal found Dilraj Singh in the shooting circle. Dilraj turned around and, while off balance, bypassed the Malaysian goalkeeper Mohamad Rafaizul with a powerful shot to grant India the lead.

Malaysia didn’t show any signs of discouragement as they took the pitch in the second quarter and maintained their grip in the game, earning a couple of penalty corners but India bayed their advances and continued to threaten Malaysia with frequent counterattacks. Indian forwards Araijeet and Gurjot Singh were at the end of significant goalscoring opportunities but failed to capitalise and the first half ended 1-0 for India.
 

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