India to take on Japan in Hero Asian Hockey Championship

In the ongoing Hero Asian Hockey Championship at Olympian Surjit Singh Hockey Stadium, Jalandhar, India will take on Japan today. The match is scheduled for 7:00 PM. During the afternoon, Bangladesh will face Malaysia and South Korea will play China. Yesterday, while carrying on with its winning streak, India defeated China by 5-2 in their second league match. Captain Harmanpreet Singh converted two penalty corners into goals.

Jugraj Singh also converted a penalty corner into a goal, whereas Sukhjeet Singh scored 2 wonderful field goals. For China, both the goals were scored through penalty corners. In the other two matches played yesterday, Japan defeated Bangladesh by 1-0, whereas Malaysia beat South Korea by 3-1.