India completely dominated Malaysia on the third day (6 August) of the Hero Asian Champions Trophy Chennai 2023, where the hosts won by 5-0.
In the entire game, Malaysia earned only one penalty corner, while the home team earned it ten times, including three successful goals.
Brief match report: India vs Malaysia
Q1 (Final Scoreline): India 1 (Selvam Karthi 15’) — Malaysia 0
In the final minute of the first quarter, the young Indian forward Karthi Selvam opened the scoreline with a field goal.
Q2 (Final Scoreline): India 1— Malaysia 0
In the second quarter, India earned two back-to-back penalty corners but couldn’t utilise those.
Half-time
Q3 (Final Scoreline): India 3 (Hardik Singh 32’; Harmanpreet Singh 42’) — Malaysia 0
India took full control of the game in the third quarter, where the hosts scored twice from penalty corners. In the second minute of the quarter, Hardik Singh made the scoreline 2-0 for the hosts.
Four minutes later, Malaysia earned their only penalty corner of the entire match. Although Najmi Jazlan successfully netted that penalty corner opportunity, that goal was overturned after India’s referral due to a dangerous flick.
In the 42nd minute, Indian captain Harmanpreet Singh utilised another penalty corner to make the scoreline 3-0 for his team.
Q4 (Final Scoreline): India 5 (Gurjant Singh 53’; Jugraj Singh 54’) — Malaysia 0
Gurjant Singh (53’) and Jugraj Singh (54’) scored once each in the final quarter to set up a big 5-0 win for the hosts. While Gurjant scored a field goal with a deflection, Jugraj powerfully utilized a penalty corner.
Other games of the day
China 1 [Chongcong Chen 43' (FG)] — South Korea 1 [Jonghyun Jang 18' (PC)]
Pakistan 3 [Abdul Rana 9' (FG); Muhammad Khan 25’ (PC), 55’ (PC)] — Japan 3 [Seren Tanaka 13’ (FG); Ryosei Kato 37’ (FG); Ohashi Masaki 45’ (PC)]
Hero Asian Champions Trophy Chennai 2023: Latest Points Table
Team | Matches | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goal For | Goal Against | Goal Difference | Points |
India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 7 |
Malaysia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 |
South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
Japan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 2 |
Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 2 |
China | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 1 |
(Updated till 6 August 2023)
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