India, led by Manpreet Singh, playing their first tournament with some new players after their historic campaign at the Tokyo Olympics, played out a 2-2 draw with Korea in the opening match of the tournament on Tuesday.
Dhaka. Striker Dilpreet Singh’s hat-trick helped defending champions and Olympic bronze medalist India beat hosts Bangladesh 9-0 to register their first win in the Asian Champions Trophy (ACT) men’s hockey tournament here on Wednesday. Dilpreet (12th, 22nd and 45th) scored three field goals for India while Jarmanpreet Singh (33rd, 43rd) scored two goals from penalty corners.
Meanwhile, Lalit Upadhyay (28th) converted vice-captain Harmanpreet Singh’s flick from a penalty corner. Akashdeep Singh (54th) scored the field goal while Mandeep Mor scored his first goal for the country in the 55th minute.
It was not enough that Harmanpreet also got his name written in the scoresheet, he converted India’s 13th penalty corner in the 57th minute. India, led by Manpreet Singh, playing their first tournament with some new players after their historic campaign at the Tokyo Olympics, played out a 2-2 draw with Korea in the opening match of the tournament on Tuesday.
The Indian team will now take on arch-rivals Pakistan in the round-robin stage on Friday.
