Asia Cup Hockey News
Pakistan hockey suffered a crushing blow on Thursday
With India winning 16-0 against hosts Indonesia, Pakistan crashed out of the tournament
After helping India break a 13-year-old jinx and win Asia Cup title last Sunday, Savita requested Rathore to help her get a job.
Indian women's hockey team on Sunday qualified for the World Cup by winning the Asia Cup and captain Rani said it was important for the team to enter next year's mega event on merit.
India will play arch-rivals Pakistan in their third and final Super 4 match on Saturday.
After the first round of Super 4s, Malaysia top the table with three points. India and Korea are second and third with one point each, while Pakistan are fourth with no points.
Tomorrow, India will play Malaysia after the South Korea-Pakistan encounter.
India are playing their first international tournament under new coach Sjoerd Marijne, who replaced Roelant Oltmans in September.
India won 7-1 for their biggest ever victory against Pakistan and then pummeled them again, this time 6-1, a week later during the Hockey World League Semifinals in London earlier in June.
Pakistan might not be the most potent force in world hockey presently but when it comes to playing against India, the intensity touches a new level.
India have dominated arch-foes Pakistan in hockey, the latest being the 6-1 thrashing in a 5th-8th place classification match of the Hero Hockey World League Semi- Final in London in June.
India, who are currently on top of Pool A, will play archrivals Pakistan on Sunday.
India beat Japan in the tournament opener, and Manpreet Singh & Co will look for their second consecutive win today.
Indian last played Japan in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup earlier this year where they won the encounter 4-3.
The Indians last played Japan in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup earlier this year where they won the encounter 4-3.
New coach Sjoerd Marijne got the boys around him upon taking charge and said that a team's progress depends as much on the trust factor as on skills and other aspects.
Hockey being one of the most physically demanding sports, it gets difficult to cope with the demands on the other side of 30, but Sardar stays hopeful to extend his career to Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
India had won the inaugural tournament in 2001.
The win in the pool meeting will defintely give a psychological advantage to India over their opponents.
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