India Made Splendid Start in Asia Cup Hockey

India has made its splendid start in the 10th Asia Cup hockey tournament. On the sixth place in the world rankings, the Indian team defeated the 17th ranked Japanese team by 5-1.

ICYMI! Here's @SVSunil24's brilliant finish to open the scoring for India.

22' IND1⃣-1⃣JPN#INDvJPN #AsiaCup2017 pic.twitter.com/LvOUeoYHAv

— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) October 11, 2017

In the tournament being played in Dhaka, Harmanpreet Singh scored 2, SV Sunil, Lalit Upadhyay and Ramandeep Singh 1-1 in India. However, Kanji Katajto scored the only goal from Japan. India’s second match will be held on October 13 from hosts Bangladesh.