India beats Japan in Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Wed, May 03, 2017, 05:56 PM
Malaysia May 03: Indian hockey team has been staged a strong comeback to beat Japan here on Wednesday.
While coming to matter, Player Mandeep Singh is the hero of the match as he struck a hat-trick as India staged a strong comeback to beat Japan 4-3 in a league match of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey Tournament.
Mandeep Singh struck in the 43rd, 50th and 58th minutes after Rupinder Pal Singh (8th minute) powered home a penalty corner to hand India an early lead.
yesterday, India lost the match against the mighty Australia.Japan fought back through Kuzama Murata (13th minute), Heita Yoshihara (42nd minute) and Genki Mitani (44th minute).
India now has seven points from four matches.