Malaysia, check. Korea, check. Pakistan, check. China, check. Japan...
As expected, the Indian men's hockey team has emerged as the best team of the tournament yet, beating everyone apart from Japan. The reigning Asian Games champions were a thorn in India's flesh as they held on to a 1-1 draw last week despite the hosts piercing their defence and hammering their striking circle repeatedly throughout the 60 minutes.
India had 61 percent possession, earned 27 circle penetrations to Japan's 11, had 21 shots on goal to Japan's three and earned as many as 14 penalty corner (PC) chances to Japan's only two.
Yet the world No.19 outfit was able to hold India to a draw, forcing the home team to waste their chances.
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