IND vs JPN Live Score Updates Men's Hockey Final, Asian Games 2023: Indian men win fourth Asian Games gold medal, beat Japan 5-1 in final

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INDIA WIN THEIR FOURTH GOLD MEDAL IN MEN'S HOCKEY AT THE ASIAN GAMES!!

BANGKOK 1966
BANGKOK 1998
INCHEON 2014
HANGZHOU 2023

THE INDIAN MEN'S HOCKEY TEAM WIN GOLD IN HANGZHOU - THEIR FOURTH IN THE HISTORY OF THE ASIAN GAMES!!

A BRACE FROM THE CAPTAIN HARMANPREET SINGH WITH AMIT ROHIDAS ALSO SCORING OFF A PC!!!

MANPREET SINGH SET THE BALL ROLLING FOR THE INDIANS WITH THE OPENING GOAL!!

ABHISHEK ADDING TO INDIA'S TALLY!!!!

FULL-TIME: INDIA 5 - 1 JAPAN

HARDIK WITH THE PUSH

HARMANPREET SINGH SCORES HIS 13TH GOAL OF THE TOURNAMENT!!!

INDIA HAVE A FIFTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

58' HARD CRACK INTO THE STRIKING CIRCLE FROM THE JAPANESE TO NO AVAIL

THE INDIANS HAVE A PC AT THE OTHER END!!!!

56' LONG OVERHEAD FROM HARMANPREET AS THE CLOCK RUNS DOWN IN HANGZHOU

THE JAPANESE WITH THE BALL IN THEIR OWN HALF

MANPREET SOUND IN DEFENCE AFTER A LONG BALL PLAYED IN BY JAPAN

55' BALL WITH THE INDIANS AS JARMANPREET SINGH PLAYS A BACK PASS, BALL IN THE JAPANESE CIRCLE BUT NO INDIAN PLAYER TO LATCH ON TO A LOOSE BALL

54' THE MEN IN BLUE BACK TO HELP THE DEFENCE, NAGAYOSHI RETREATS AFTER FINDING NO SPACE

GENKI MITANI WITH A BACK PASS, NO SPACE FOR THE JAPANESE TO LAUNCH UPFIELD

53' SIXTEEN YARD FREE HIT TO JAPAN AS MANDEEP IS HELPED OFF THE PITCH, JARMANPREET TO THE RESCUE AS THE JAPANESE WITH A COUNTER DOWN THE LEFT FLANK

52' GENKI MITANI MANAGES TO BUILD AN ATTACK WHICH IS FOILED, MANDEEP SINGH IN PAIN DOWN ON THE PITCH!!

51' THE JAPANESE CHASE THE BALL, AND THE MATCH, RETAIN POSSESSION OUTSIDE THE INDIA CIRCLE, FAIL TO MANUFACTURE A PC

CLEVER VARIATION AND JAPAN PULL ONE BACK!! SEREN TANAKA WITH THE DEFLECTION

50' YET ANOTHER PC AS SREEJESH AND THE INDIAN DEFENCE JUST ABOUT KEEP THAT ONE OUT

50' SREEJESH TAKES A TUMBLE AS THE JAPANESE STRIKERS PENETRATE THE CIRCLE, JAPAN EARN THEIR FIRST PC!!!

49' HARDIK FINDS SANJAY DOWN THE LEFT, THE RED SHIRTS HAVE A CHANCE TO COME AWAY AFTER INDIA LOSE THE BALL

NO WAY FORWARD FOR THE JAPANESE STRIKERS AS THE INDIANS SCAMPER BACK INTO DEFENSIVE POSITIONS!!

HAVE THE INDIANS SEALED THE DEAL IN HANGZHOU??? JUST OVER TEN MINUTES TO PLAY IN THE BIG FINAL!!

48' INDIA WITH A LONG BALL WHO EARN A FREE HIT IN THE DANGER ZONE

VIVEK TO HARDIK, THE BRILLIANT ABHISHEK SCORES WITH A CRACK AT THE NEAR POST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

47' SEREN TANAKA SPRINTS AWAY, JAPAN WITH THE BALL ON TOP OF THE INDIA CIRCLE, CANNOT ADVANCE ANY FURTHER

46' Fukuda pushes back

GURJANT INTERCEPTS AFTER THE JAPANESE LAUNCH A FORAY, THE RED SHIRTS SPRINT BACK INTO THE INDIAN HALF

FIFTEEN MINUTES SEPARATE THE INDIAN MEN'S HOCKEY TEAM AND A FOURTH ASIAN GAMES GOLD MEDAL

HARMANPREET AND AMIT ROHIDAS INCREASE INDIA'S TALLY OFF PCs AFTER MANPREET SCORED THE OPENER

HISTORY BECKONS FOR CRAIG FULTON AND CO.

END OF Q3: INDIA 3 - 0 JAPAN

44' BALL IN THE JAPANESE CIRCLE, THE RED SHIRTS MANAGE TO MOP UP AND CONVERT DEFENCE INTO ATTACK, UNABLE TO PENETRATE THE DEEP DEFENCE

43' THE INDIANS HAVE THE BALL OUTSIDE THE ATTACKING CIRCLE, PLENTY OF RED SHIRTS NEAR THE BACKLINES, SANJAY LOSES THE BALL IN THE CIRCLE

42' THE JAPANESE WITH THE BALL IN MIDFIELD, PROBING FOR SPACE, FINDING NONE, NEELAKANTA STEALS THE BALL, MANPREET PLAYS A LONG BALL, MANDEEP WEAVING HIS WAY INTO THE CIRCLE, INDIA WITH A FREE HIT

40' NEELAKANTA WITH THE BALL DOWN THE RIGHT FLANK

HARDIK TO ABHISHEK, GURJANT SHOOTS WIDE!!!!

38' The Indians calm and composed as ever

HARDIK FINDS SHAMSHER WHO TAKES A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE CIRCLE, SAVED BY THE JAPANESE GOALIE!!!!

37' Harmanpreet Singh with the ball as the Indians attempt to manufacture a foray, Amit Rohidas finds Sanjay but the Japanese defence thwart the attack

INDIA 3 - 0 JAPAN 0

AMIT ROHIDAS THIS TIME - FIRES ONE PAST THE JAPANESE GOALIE - INDIA IN COMMAND IN HANGZHOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

35' TANAKA WITH THE BALL DEEP IN THE INDIA HALF, DISPOSSESSED, THE INDIANS SLOW THINGS DOWN IN MIDFIELD BEFORE EARNING YET ANOTHER PC!!!!

34' JAPAN WITH A CHANCE TO CLEAR THE LINES, BUT THE INDIANS ARE BACK IN THE ATTACKING ZONE IN A HURRY!!!

33' NEELAKANTA FINDS JARMANPREET, FAILS TO PICK OUT LALIT, THE INDIANS WITH A PROMISING MOVE

INDIA 2 - 0 JAPAN

AND ANOTHER FOLLOW UP PC

HOW MANY CAN HARMANPREET SINGH MISS?????

INDIA DOUBLE THEIR LEAD IN HANGZHOU!!

HARDIK WITH THE PUSH, HARMANPRET'S FLICK FINDS NAGAYOSHI, INDIA WITH A FOLLOW UP PC!!

32' MANDEEP SINGH EARNS A PC FOR THE INDIANS!!!!!!!!!

31' Fukuda pushes back, the Japanese launch themselves into the Indian circle, India effect a turnover

Abhishek fails to find support upfield

AFTER A CAGEY FIRST QUARTER WHERE BOTH SIDES FAILED TO BREAK DOWN THE OTHERS' DEFENCE, THE INDIANS LEAD BY A LONE GOAL AFTER A PERIOD OF SUSTAINED PRESSURE

JAPANESE GOALIE TAKUMI KITAGAWA HAVING A FIELD DAY TO DENY THE INDIANS ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS BUT FAILS TO KEEP A MANPREET SINGH SHOT OUT IN THE 25TH MINUTE!!

LOT'S TO DO FOR CRAIG FULTON'S SIDE IN THE SECOND HALF AS THE JAPANESE WILL LOOK TO PRESS HIGHER AND HARDER

CAN THEY INCREASE THEIR TALLY IN THE THIRD QUARTER??

HALF-TIME: INDIA 1 - 0 JAPAN

28' BALL IN THE JAPANESE GOAL OFF A JAPANESE STICK!!!!!!!!!!! THE INDIANS LEAVE THE PITCH LEADING BY A GOAL IN HANGZHOU

27' SUMIT TAKES A HIT IN THE INDIA CIRCLE BUT THE INDIANS MOP UP, TRY A FEW PARALLEL PASSES BEFORE LAUNCHING ONE UPFIELD, JARMANPREET WITH A FREE HIT,. BALL OUT OF PLAY OFF SEREN TANAKA'S STICK!

26' JAPAN COME AWAY INTO THE ATTACKING THIRD, TRY THE RIGHT FLANK, NAGAI DISPOSSESSED

SREEJESH PADS THAT ONE AWAY AS JAPAN TAKE A SHOT ON GOAL!!!

25' GURJANT SINGH PICKS UP A GREEN CARD, THE INDIANS THREATEN IN THE JAPAN CIRCLE, EARN A LONG CORNER

INDIA 1 - 0 JAPAN

TAIKI TAKADE LEAVES THE PITCH AS VIDEO UMPIRE SEAN RAPAPORT CHECKS THE FOOTAGE

GOAL STANDS FOR INDIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE GOAL BEING REFERRED BY THE UMPIRE, WILL IT STAND???

23' CRAIG FULTON SCREAMS OUT THE INSTRUCTIONS, AS THE INDIANS UANBLE FIND MANEUVERABLE SPACE UPFIELD

LALIT WITH THE BALL IN THE STRIKING CIRCLE

MANPREET PUTS INDIA AHEAD IN HANGZHOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

22' Long ball from Shota Yamada, no red shirts in the attacking third, India now with the ball in the midfield

Mandeep tries to pressure the Japanese in their circle, fails to make it count