Karachi: The Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament between arch-rivals Pakistan and India will take place on May 27. A sensational encounter is expected between the two teams playing their third match in Pool A of the ongoing event in Salalah, Oman.
Teams of Pakistan and India will enter the field to overcome each other with 2, 2 winners in the league matches of the event. Meanwhile, Indian captain Uttam Singh has confirmed the possibility of a tough competition by calling Pakistan a strong opponent.
He says that the Pakistan team consists of the best players, but our defense line is capable of stopping the strong attack of Pakistan and it is expected that our defense players will not allow the Pakistani attack to score, the performance of Pakistan’s forwards is good. However, we will be able to deal with such a situation.
The two teams last faced each other in the Asia Junior Cup in 2015, in which India won 2-6. The two teams have met 7 times in the Junior Cup since 2011, with India winning 5 times. Once Pakistan managed to win while a match could not be decided.
In the current tournament, Pakistan defeated Chinese Taipei by 1-15 in their first match and Thailand by 9 goals in the second match. Pakistan will face Japan in the last match of the pool on May 29. will play while the top two teams of each pool will make it to the semi-finals.
The teams with the first 3 positions of the event will participate in the World Junior Cup Hockey Tournament to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from December 5 to 16.
According to reports, the organizers have rescheduled the match and advanced it by an hour, the match will now start at 10 pm.
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