India holds South Korea to a 2-2 draw in Men’s Asian Champions Trophy Hockey.
In Men’s Hockey, defending champions and Olympic bronze-medallists India were held to a 2-2 draw by a fighting South Korea in their opening match of the Asian Champions Trophy tournament in Dhaka this evening.
Playing their first tournament after the historic Tokyo Olympics campaign, India started brightly and scored in the fourth minute through Lalit Upadhyay before vice-captain Harmanpreet Singh converted a penalty corner in the 18th minute to double their lead.
Trailing 0-2, Korea fought back after the change of ends and scored through Jonghyun Jang in the 41st minute and Sunghyun Kim in the 46th minute to stun the favourites and draw level.
