Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 12 (ANI): Team India can be eyeing historical past once they tackle Malaysia within the last of the continued Asian Champions Trophy on Saturday, hoping to turn into essentially the most profitable crew within the event’s historical past with 4 titles after beating their opponents on the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai.
The last will happen at 8:30 PM as per Indian Standard Time, as per Olympics.com.
India has been unbeaten within the event to date, ending on the prime of the desk. They secured wins towards China, Malaysia, South Korea and arch-rivals Pakistan whereas drawing one towards Japan. In the semis, they defeated Japan 5-0 to make it to the ultimate. Japan is the reigning Asian Games champion crew in males’s hockey.
Malaysia, the ninth-ranked facet, completed second on the factors desk, with their loss to India being the one low level. In the semis, they thrashed defending champions Korea by 6-2 to make it to their first-ever last.
India can be taking part in their fifth last in seven appearances within the event, having gained towards Pakistan on two events in 2011 and 2016, sharing the trophy with their arch-rival in 2018. They are the joint most profitable crew within the event together with Pakistan, which has additionally clinched three titles.
Drag-flick specialist captain Harmanpreet Singh has led Team India from the entrance, with eight objectives, the very best within the event. Malaysia’s top-scorer Firhan Ashari has scored 4 objectives.
India has placed on an attacking masterclass on this event with 25 objectives within the event, essentially the most by a crew. 15 of them have come via penalty corners, which can be essentially the most by a crew. Malaysia has scored 18 objectives, with six coming via penalty corners.
India has conceded solely 5 objectives, the bottom within the event, which speaks volumes about their defence. Malaysia has additionally conceded solely eight objectives so their defence can be actually laborious to breach.
Both groups have locked horns within the Olympics a complete of 4 occasions. India has been unbeatable on the grandest stage of all of them, having gained all of the matches. They have squared off in 12 Asian Games matches. India has gained 10 matches and misplaced one, drawn one. This additionally features a 4-1 win within the bronze medal match on the 1986 video games. India and Malaysia have locked horns in 4 World Cup matches, with India successful three and Malaysia getting one win. India has performed 9 matches towards Malaysia in Asia Cup, successful seven, drawing two. This contains beating them within the finals of the 2017 version of the event.
Both groups have locked horns in six Asian Champions Trophy matches. India has gained three, misplaced one and drawn two. They thrashed Malaysia 5-0 of their newest assembly within the event just lately. Both groups have performed one another 4 occasions in CWG, with India successful two, shedding one and drawing one sport.
Across each event/bilateral collection to ever exist, India and Malaysia have performed 124 occasions. India has emerged victorious 86 occasions and misplaced 17 occasions. The remainder of the 21 matches have resulted in a draw.
Before this match, South Korea and Japan will play a match to find out the third-place holder. (ANI)