Dhaka
\nA dominant India continued their unbeaten run in the tournament and thrashed arch-rivals Pakistan 4-0 to sail into the final of the 10th men\u2019s Asia Cup hockey tournament here on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The sixth-ranked India, who just needed a draw to seal a place in tomorrow\u2019s summit clash, produced a superlative performance after the change of ends to pump in four goals\u2014three field strikes and one through penalty corner.<\/p>\n
Satbir Singh (39th minute), Harmanpreet Singh (51st), Lalit Upadhyay (52nd) and Gurjant Singh (57th) were the scorers for India.<\/p>\n
By virtue of this win, India not only topped the Super-4 stage with seven points, but also continued their domination over Pakistan.<\/p>\n
It was India\u2019s fourth win over Pakistan this year, having beaten them twice in the Hockey World League Semi-finals in London and once in the pool stages here.<\/p>\n
The defeat knocked Pakistan out of the final race and India will now play either Korea or Malaysia, who play later in the day, in the final.<\/p>\n
Contrary to the result, the Indians were slow to get off the blocks, while Pakistan were the better side in terms of possession in the first two quarters.<\/p>\n
Pakistan had three chances via penalty corners to take the lead in the first quarter, but wasted all.<\/p>\n
The Indians secured the first penalty corner in the final minute of the opening quarter, but Harmanpreet messed up the opportunity.<\/p>\n
After Ramandeep Singh\u2019s shot was saved by Pakistan goalkeeper Amjad Ali in the 23rd minute, India defended well to deny their rivals from another short corner.<\/p>\n
Minutes later, Harmanpreet hit the cross bar from India\u2019s second penalty corner as both the teams failed to break the deadlock at half time.<\/p>\n
But India looked more organised after the change of ends and dominated the proceedings in the final two quarters.<\/p>\n
Satbir gave India the lead in the 39th minute after receiving a fine back stick pass from Lalit.<\/p>\n
Minutes later, Harmanpreet\u2019s effort from India\u2019s third set piece was saved by Amjad Ali.<\/p>\n
The Indians created chances in the final few minutes of the third quarter but Pakistan custodian Amjad Ali was upto the mark to keep Pakistan in the hunt.<\/p>\n
India wasted two more penalty corners in a span of two minutes as Amjad Ali made multiple saves to deny their opponents.<\/p>\n
India pressed on the gas in the final 10 minutes and scored three goals in a span of six minutes to run away with the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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