Hello and welcome to Zee News’s continued Live coverage of the 10th men’s Asia Cup hockey tournament being played in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Super-4s stage begins today and India play their first match against South Korea.
4:33 pm. Moments ago, Malaysia completed a convincing 3-2 win over three-time champions Pakistan in the first Super 4s match.
4:31 pm. Here’s what the India coach Sjoerd Marijne said about today’s fixture:
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— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) October 17, 2017
4:28 pm. In the first match of Super-4s earlier today, Malaysia continued to impress by edging out Pakistan 3-2.
4:25 pm. India proved to be the team to beat in pool stage with back-to-back convincing wins over Japan (5-1), Bangladesh (7-0) and Pakistan (3-1). It helped them finish top of Pool A without losing any match. South Korea, meanwhile, finished second in Pool B behind Malaysia. In the Super-4s stage, each team plays the other once and the top two teams in the end play the title match on October 22.
Source: Zee News