It is a matter of pride for Punjabis that this Indian team includes seven players from Punjab.
New Delhi: Apna Punjab Media: Indian hockey team has defeated China 1-0 in the Asian Champions Trophy 2024. In the beginning of this match neither of the two teams could score a goal. Then a few minutes before the end of the match, Jugraj Singh scored a goal for India, due to this goal the Indian hockey team was successful in winning the title. India won the Asian Champions Trophy title for the fifth time. When no goals could be scored between the two teams till the third quarter, it seemed that the match would go to a penalty shootout. But after this Jugraj Singh scored a brilliant field goal and gave the team a 1-0 lead in the match. This has increased the hopes of the Indian hockey team’s victory. After this, in the final, India did not give any chance to China to score and proved to be important in the team winning the trophy. The Indian hockey team has performed brilliantly in the Asian Champions Trophy 2024 and has not lost a single match till the final. The team defeated South Korea 4-1 in the semi-finals. Harmanpreet Singh, Uttam Singh and Germanpreet Singh scored goals against the Korean team. The Indian hockey team has won the Asian Champions Trophy title for the fifth time.