Indian team continued their dream run in the Junior Men's Asia Cup hockey tournament as they crushed Japan 6-1... Read More

Indian team continued their dream run in the Junior Men's Asia Cup hockey tournament as they crushed Japan 6-1 to reach the final of the tournament. In the second semi-final Pakistan beat Korea 8-7 in the shoot-out to set up summit clash with India on Sunday.

On the back of 9-0 bashing of Oman in quarterfinals, India continued in the same vein when Mandeep Singh opened the floodgates with a wonderful field goal in the 12th minute. Manpreet junior wasted no time and slotted brilliantly in 13th minute to stretch India's lead.

Drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh , who has been in rollicking form in the tournament, converted the penalty corner to make it 3-0 for India. In the 27th minute, Vikramjit Singh also joined the party and got his name on the scoreboard to take the score 4-0.

Shota Yamada scored the lone goal for Japan through penalty corner in the second-half before Harmanpreet and Varun Kumar struck to ensure India keep their unbeaten run intact in the tournament.

"The boys played really well making it a great day for us in the tournament. We are one step away from winning the tournament and it is the time when we all need to keep our calm. The team is well drilled and hungry for more. We will take the next match as any other normal game and focus on putting up a good tight show," said coach Harendra Singh.