India vs Japan Live Score, Hockey Asia Cup 2025: IND 2-0 JPN at half-time
India vs Japan Live Score, Hockey Asia Cup 2025: Goals from Harmanpreet Singh and Mandeep Singh in the opening minutes of the first quarter was the difference between the two sides in the first half. The gulf in quality was evident with India dominating Japan even though they haven’t really been at their very best.
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India are the outright favourites to win this tournament but they didn’t look like it in their opening match. It was a thriller in which they beat China 4-3 but one would’ve expected a far more one-sided scoreline considering how far ahead India are in the rankings. India are hence looking for more than just a win in this match against Japan, the 2018 Asian Games gold medallist.
Squads
India: Krishan Pathak, Suraj Karkera, Sumit, Jarmanpreet Singh, Sanjay, Harmanpreet Singh (captain), Amit Rohidas, Jugraj Singh, Rajinder Singh, Raj Kumar Pal, Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Mandeep Singh, Shilanand Lakra, Abhishek, Sukhjeet Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Selvam Karthi.
Japan: Raiki Fujishima, Yuto Higuchi, Kosei Kawabe, Yamato Kawahara, Yusuke Kawamura, Naru Kimura, Kisho Kuroda, Kazumasa Matsumoto, Ken Nagayoshi, Yosei Oba, Shogo Sasaki, Ryosuke Shinohara, Kaito Tanaka, Seren Tanaka, Keita Watanabe, Hyota Yamada, Shota Yamada, Koji Yamasaki, Manabu Yamashita, Takashi Yoshikawa.
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