India won by 3-1 against Japan in the Junior Asia Hockey Cup
The junior Indian hockey team dominated the match against the Japanese junior hockey team and won the match 3-1 in Junior Asia Hockey Cup.
The first goal of the match came from the Japanese player Kumpei Yasuda in the 19th min, which made the score line 1-0, but soon Araijeet Singh Hundal, in the 36th minute, scored the first goal from the Indian side. Sharda Nand Tiwari scored the 2nd goal in the 39th minute of the match to make the scoreline 1-2, and then Uttam Singh scored the 3rd goal in the 56th minute to give a comfortable lead to India by 1-3.
Japan played really well, and the defense was commendable by them; however, once the Indian players found the net they started to dominate the match, and it ended with a 1-3 scoreline in favor of India.
The next match of the Junior Indian Hockey team is against their arch-rival Pakistan Junior Hockey Team, which is going to be an amazing match.
Indian Junior Hockey team has been dominating since the start of the tournament as they won the match against the Chinese Taipei in their first group stage match of the Junior Hockey Asia Cup by 18-0, and now they have won their last match against Japan by 1-3.
On May 28 Indian Junior Hockey team will play against Pakistan, and if they win that match, then they will be in the knockout stage easily.
Pakistan Junior Hockey team is also in good form as they won their last two group stage matches against Chinese Taipei by 15-1 and then against Thailand by 9-0, which clearly shows that they are one of the strongest teams in the Junior Hockey Asia Cup.
“We have a good defensive unit but Pakistan also have good attackers among their ranks. But we have faced similar challenges over the past and we are confident we will be able to restrict them from scoring goals,”
Uttam Singh said in a interview