India vs Japan Highlights: FIH Hockey World Cup 2023 – India have bounced back in style with an 8-0 thrashing of Japan in 9-16 Classification match. Abhishek and Harmanpreet Singh scored a brace as India ran riot against the Asian Games gold medallist. Other than the two, Manpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh, Vivek Sagar besides Sukhjeet Singh scored for India. India dominated proceedings from the word go. India will now face SouthAfrica in the 9-12th Classification. Follow India Hockey Team LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Earlier, in the other classification matches, SouthAfrica claimed a hard-fought 6-3 win over Malaysia. Wales also stunned France 2-1 in shootout after the scores were tied at 2-2 in regulation time. Like India, Argentina also ran riot against South American neighbours Chile. They hammered debutant Chile 8-0.
Classification Match Results of Jan 26:
- SouthAfrica 6-3 Malaysia
- Wales 2-2 France – 2-1 in shootout
- Chile 0-8 Argentina
- India 8-0 Japan
India vs Japan Highlights: Harmanpreet & Abhishek bag brace as India thrash Asian Games gold medallist 8-0, to face SouthAfrica in 9-12 classification, Watch FIH Hockey World Cup 2023 Highlights
Heartbreak for India as they bow out from FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela. Here are some crucial moments from the game.
🇮🇳IND 3-3 NZL🇳🇿
(SO: 4-5)#IndiaKaGame #HWC2023 #HockeyWorldCup2023 @CMO_Odisha @sports_odisha @IndiaSports @Media_SAI pic.twitter.com/CiXiy9JPU0— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) January 22, 2023
India Squad: Harmanpreet Singh (captain), Abhishek, Surender Kumar, Manpreet Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh, Lalit Upadhyay, Krishan Pathak, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, PR Sreejesh, Nilakanta Sharma, Shamsher Singh, Varun Kumar, Akashdeep Singh, Amit Rohidas (vice-captain), Vivek Sagar Prasad, Sukhjeet Singh, Rajkumar Pal
Japan Squad: Koji Yamasaki, Shota Yamada, Yusuke Kawamura, Yamato Kawahara, Seren Tanaka (captain), Kentaro Fukuda, Taiki Takade, Takuma Niwa, Raiki Fujishima, Ken Nagayoshi, Hiro Saito, Ryosei Kato, Ryoma Ooka, Masaki Ohashi, Kaito Tanaka, Kisho Kuroda, Masato Kobayashi, Takashi Yoshikawa
India vs Japan Highlights: Harmanpreet & Abhishek bag brace as India thrash Asian Games gold medallist 8-0, to face SouthAfrica in 9-12 classification, Watch FIH Hockey World Cup 2023 Highlights
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