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India Secures Super 4s Spot With 3-2 Win Over Japan
The Daily Guardian
|September 01, 2025
The Indian Men's Hockey Team continued their winning form in the Hero Men's Asia Cup Rajgir Bihar 2025 with a 3-2 victory against Japan in their second Pool A fixture at the Rajgir Hockey Stadium, in Rajgir, Bihar on Sunday.
Captain Harmanpreet Singh (5', 46') and Mandeep Singh (4') scored goals for India while Kosei Kawabe (38',59') scored a brace for Japan. With this win, India has secured a spot in the Super 4s stage as they progress ahead in the tournament.
The match also marked an important milestone for Indian goalkeeper Krishan B Pathak as he celebrated his 150th international game.
India made a bright start to the first quarter, scoring two back-to-back goals in the first five minutes to assert their dominance. In the fourth minute, Sukhjeet Singh collected the ball on the baseline and played a perfect pass to Mandeep Singh (4') as he beat his marker in front of the goal and finished it into the net to open the scoring, as per a Hockey India press release.
This story is from the September 01, 2025 edition of The Daily Guardian.
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