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India Malaysia Hockey: Thanks to Harmanpreet's hat-trick, India defeated Malaysia 4-2

  India Malaysia Hockey: Captain Harmanpreet Singh's brilliant hat-trick helped five-time champions India beat Malaysia 4-2 in the Asian Champions Trophy (ACT) hockey tournament on Sunday to register their fourth straight win. Earlier, India also defeated Malaysia 5-1 in the gold medal match of the Asian Games.


In this tournament of six teams, apart from India and Malaysia, South Korea and Japan have also secured a place in the semi-finals. India will play South Korea in their final league match on Monday while Malaysia will face Japan.

Harmanpreet completed the hat trick by scoring in the third, 33rd and 58th minutes. He scored two goals from a penalty corner and one from a penalty stroke. Striker Sukhjit Singh strengthened India's lead by scoring a field goal in the 43rd minute. For Malaysia, Akhimullah Anuar scored in the 25th minute and Shalo Silverius in the 60th minute.

India started the match in an aggressive manner. On the first penalty corner received in the third minute, captain Harmanpreet scored with a wonderful drag flick to give India a 1-0 lead. After this, the Indian players continuously put pressure on the Malaysian defense line but did not succeed in scoring.

In the second quarter, Malaysia stepped up their counter-attacks. He got two consecutive penalty corners in the 18th minute but the Indian defense thwarted both attacks. After this, India also got two penalty corners, but the Malaysian goalkeeper stopped both attempts by Harmanpreet.
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