Indian women's hockey team made the country proud by becoming the Asian Champions by beating China 2-1 in a nail-biting final of the fourth edition in Singapore tonight.

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It is for the first time that an Indian women's team went on to clinch the Champions Trophy. They had made the summit clash previously in the 2013 edition when the tournament was last held in Japan, the eventual winners.

The star of the match was Deepika who scored the clinching goal in the final minute with 32 seconds on the clock. It was some excellent stickwork from Deepika, who worked on a rebound from a penalty corner and slotted one home, beating the Chinese goalkeeper.

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Earlier, Deep Grace Ekka gave India the lead in the 13th minute which was nullified by Zhong Mengling of China in the 44th minute.

Indian men's team had last week beaten Pakistan to be crowned the Asian Champions and now it's time for the women's win to be celebrated...

India women beat China women 2-1 to lift the Asian Champions Trophy title #ACT2016 #INDvCHN pic.twitter.com/1ZrdwYwslt — Doordarshan News (@DDNewsLive) November 5, 2016

Excellent performance by whole team beating china @TheHockeyIndia @imranirampal @16Sreejesh both men and women are Asian champs now !!!! — Pranav (@raovikashpranav) November 5, 2016

FT: India are crowned Champions of the 4th Women's #ACT2016 after scoring the winner in the final minute of the game! #INDvCHN #IndiaKaGame pic.twitter.com/NfF8mHDG1l — Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) November 5, 2016

Winning is become an habit for these girls ... congratulation women's team for snatching the gold #asianchampionstrophy2016 @TheHockeyIndia — sreejesh p r (@16Sreejesh) November 5, 2016