Women Asian Champions Trophy 2024: India made an upset, made a good entry in the semi-finals by defeating China 3-0

Women’s Asian Champions Trophy 2024: Defending champion India has caused an upset in the Women's Asian Champions Trophy (ACT) hockey tournament. The Indian women's team has defeated Olympic silver medalist China 3-0. With the victory in this match, Team India has made it to the semi-finals. This is the sixth consecutive victory of the Indian women's team in this tournament.

Indian women's team showed strength

Defending champion India has defeated China. Sangeeta Kumari (32nd minute) and captain Salima Tete (37th minute) scored goals for India. Apart from this, the tournament's top scorer Deepika (60th minute) converted the penalty corner into a goal in the last minute. With the victory in this match, Team India has reached the top in the points table. India's next match will be with Japan.

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Team India extends their dominance at the Bihar Women’s Asian Champions Trophy Rajgir 2024, defeating China 3-0 with a sensational display of skill and teamwork! 🔥💪

The defending champions are on fire, climbing to the top of the table and securing their place… pic.twitter.com/zx5DJPbvQx

— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) November 16, 2024

India attacked

In this match, the Indian women's team attacked from the very beginning. During this period, he got many opportunities, but he could not convert them into success. China's defense kept the Indian team in check. India got two penalty corners in the beginning of the match, but even after this the Indian team could not score a goal. The Indian women's team could not score a single goal in the first half.

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Team India roars to a commanding 3-0 triumph against China at the Bihar Women’s Asian Champions Trophy Rajgir 2024 🏑✨

From start to finish, our fearless warriors dominated the field, delivering an unforgettable… pic.twitter.com/N9lEtDCrh9

— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) November 16, 2024

Team India made a comeback in the second half and Sangeeta dodged Sushila Chanu's pass from midfield and scored. After this, Captain Salima doubled Team India's lead by scoring a goal. The Chinese team tried its best to make a comeback at the last moment. While trying to score a goal in the last three minutes, China even removed its goalkeeper. But his move also backfired. Sangeeta earned India's fourth penalty corner in the last minute and Deepika took advantage of the opportunity to score her seventh goal of the tournament. In other matches of the day, Japan defeated Malaysia 2-1 while Korea defeated Thailand 4-0.

Salima Tete praised the team

After the match, women's hockey team captain Salima Tete said, “Today's match was very important for us. As a team we had to work very hard. It was a good match. Our mutual coordination was quite good. “It feels good to beat China 3-0.”

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