India vs Japan Hockey Semi-Finals HIGHLIGHTS: Harmanpreet Singh & Co. Win 5-0 To Reach Final
India vs Japan Hockey Semi-Finals: The match which was legendary PR Sreejesh's 300th game completely belonged to India with them coming out on top 5-0.
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India vs Japan Hockey Match Semi-Finals LIVE: India and Japan are set to lock horns in the Asian Champions Trophy 2023 semifinal at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai. While India are the only team to remain unbeaten in the competition so far, Japan despite a defeat in their final league match secured a fourth place in the round-robin stage to see themselves stacked against India in the semifinal. Interetingly, India won four of their five matches in the league stage but the only match where they had to settle for a draw was their game against Japan, implying on their day Japan are very well capable of giving India a run for their money.
The head-to-head record for IND vs JAP is also stacked heavilty in favour of India. The two teams have across each other a total of 34 times with India winning 27 of these games. Only 3 matches have been won by Japan while 4 fixtures have ended in a draw. India will also look to gear up for the big-ticket Asian Games and the high-pressure knock out matches beginning with the India vs Japan ACT 2023 semi-finals will be a perfect preparation ground for the same.
Interestingly, India have scored the most number of goals -- 20 -- in this tournament already despite missing out on a chances in their match Japan. The hosts will look to put up a better show offensively against Japan, learning from their mistakes from their last face-off against the same opposition.
Meanwhile, Malaysia and Korea will take on each other in the semifinal.
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India Vs Japan Hockey Match LIVE Probable Starting XIs
IND: RP Sreejesh (goalkeeper)/Krishan Pathak (goalkeeper), Harmanpreet Singh (captain), Varun Kumar, Jarmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Shamsher Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Mandeep Singh
JAP: Takashi Yoshikawa, Shota Yamada, Manabu Yamashita, Masaki Ohashi (captain), Kaito Tanaka, Seren Tanaka, Ken Nagayoshi, Kentaro Fukuda, Ryosei Kato, Yuma Nagai, Taiki Takade
India vs Japan Hockey Semifinal LIVE
India win! They are in the finals. They beat Japan 5-0.
India vs Japan Hockey Semifinal LIVE
GOAAAAAAAAAAL! There's another one. Selvam Karthi scoring this time. India lead 5-0. That should be the game in all liklihood in India's bag.
India vs Japan Hockey Semi-Finals LIVE
Final Quarter underway. Final 15 minutes for Japan to leave a mark in this match.
India vs Japan Hockey Semi-Finals LIVE SCORE
At the end of the third quarter, India lead Japan 4-0.
India vs Japan Hockey Semi-Finals LIVE SCORE
GOAAAAAAL!!! Fourth one, this time it's Sumit and a contender for a goal of the tournament that. IND 4-0 JAP
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