Indian men's hockey team posted a historic 26-0 win over Hong Kong in Asian Games 2018.

Indian men's hockey team continued their dominance in the ongoing Asian Games 2018 where after thrashing Indonesia 17-0 in their opening match, the Men in Blue created a record against Hong Kong in their second match of the tournament. In the third quarter, India scored their 18th goal of the match with which they also broke the Asian Games record for the maximum goals scored in a match. Towards the end of the match, India had scored 26 goals with which they also broke the record for their biggest win margin.

Rupinderpal Singh (3rd, 5th, 30th, 45th, 59th minutes), Harmanpreet Singh (29th, 52nd, 53rd, 54th) and Akashdeep Singh (2nd, 32nd, 35th) were three players from the Indian squad who scored a hat-trick while Manpreet Singh (3rd, 17th), Lalit Upadhayay (17th, 19th), Varun Kumar (23rd, 30th), SV Sunil (7th), Vivek Sagar Prasad (14th), Mandeep Singh (21st), Amit Rohidas (27th), Dilpreet Singh (48th), Chinglensana Singh (51st), Simranjeet Singh (53rd) and Surender Kumar (55th) were the other goal scores for India.

At the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, India had defeated United States 24-1. It remained to be a record for India's biggest win margin for 86 years before it was overhauled by the Indian team at Asian Games 2018. It was the same match where Roop Singh, the younger brother of the legendary Dhyan Chand, scored ten goals. While the Indian men's hockey team seems to be on a roll in the ongoing Asian Games, Indian women's team too proved what a quality side they are during their 21-0 rout of Kazakhstan to register their second win of the tournament.

In the previous match against Indonesia, India had equalled Pakistan's record of maximum goals scored in the history of Asian Games. India’s previous highest margin of win was a 12-0 over Iran in 1974 and Bangladesh in 1982.

After the match, Harendra Singh, coach of the Indian men’s team, told reporters, "For me it does not matter, but for the players it is a proud moment. When history will be discussed, the names of these 18 players will be there. The record is always for the players."