Asian Champions Trophy, India vs Malaysia Highlights: India hammer Malaysian 8-1

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: India register big win, their third in a row!

Defending champions India hammer Malaysia 8-1 for their third straight win of the tournament, led by striker Raj Kumar Pal's hat-trick and a brace by Araijeet Singh Hundal. India now comfortably lead the table with nine points and have a foot inside the semifinals. With their third straight defeat, last edition's runners-up Malaysia are now virtually out of reckoning.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Two minutes left in the match

59th min: Desperation among Malaysian players, who are playing only for pride with India leading 8-1

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Good tackling by India!

54th min: Faisal Saari managed a nice pass to a teammate in the Indian ciricle, but he didn't have any asistance and was easily blocked and tackled by Indian defence that combined well to take the ball out of danger. India lead 8-1.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: 11 minutes left in the match!

49th min: Malaysia will want to cut India's lead further to manage their goal-difference. However, a third defeat in a row will virtually knock them out of the race to semifinals.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Fourth and final quarter gets underway!

46th min: Can India take their tally in this match to double figures? You can't bet against it when the scoreboard reads 8-1, with 15 minutes to play.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: End of third quarter

The Indian juggernaut marches on in Moqi, as the Paris bronze medallists' dominance in Asian continues. They lead the Malaysians 8-1 with 15 minutes left to play in the match.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Malaysia under the pump!

43rd min: Indian controlling possession and putting Malaysia under pressure continuously, with attacks coming from both the flanks. India lead 8-1.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Goal-fest continues in Q3!

40th min: Uttam Singh gets on the scoresheet to swell India's lead to 8-1.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Hundal gets his second goal

39th min: A slap shot from the left by an Indian midfielder finds Hundal right in front of the goal, as he turns around to push the ball into the Malaysian post to get his second goal of the match. India lead 7-1.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Penalty corner for Malaysia

36th min: Faisal Saari takes the flick, to Pathak's right, but the Indian custodian had it covered and deflects the on-target shot out of danger with his stick. India stay ahead 6-1.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Malaysia pull one back

34th min: Akhimullah Anuar scores the first goal for Malaysia, but still a mountain to climb for the men in yellow jerseys as India lead 6-1.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Hat-trick for Raj Kumar! India up 6-0

32nd min: Raj Kumar Pal gets his first international hat-trick as a poor clearance by the Malaysian GK after saving the intial shot went straight to Raj Kumar who didn't miss. India's dominance continues.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Third quarter begins

31st min: India, who are leading 5-0, will look to make the scoreline even more formidable, while Malaysia would like to throw a few punches back at the defending champions

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Half-time in Moqi! India lead Malaysia 5-0

Raj Kumar Pal's double strike leads India's dominance over the Malaysians in the first 30 minutes of the match. Araijeet, Jugraj and Harmanpreet the other goalscorers for India

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Relentless India score fifth goal!

25th min: Raj Kumar makes full use of of the ricochet that fell onto his stick to score his second goal of the match, as some poor 'keeping by the Malaysian custodian saw a seemingly miscued push find space between his legs to enter the post. India lead 5-0.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Gurjot earns a penalty corner. GOAL! Harman scores in his third attempt! India lead 4-0 now

22nd min: Harmanpreet in the first battery, and takes the flick, but once again blocked. The ball hits a Malaysian foot, and another PC. This time too Harmanpreet fails to beat the first rusher. The rebound comes to Manpreet, who takes a shot at goal from top centre of the circle, but it finds a Malaysian defender on the ankle, and he has been helped off the field. Another PC signalled by the umpire. GOAL! This time Harman scores! India up 4-0.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: India get a PC, their fifth

20th Min: Harmanpreet is on the pitch this time, and takes it. But the rusher timed his run well to block the drag-flick, and Malaysia clear the ball. India stay 3-0 ahead.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Malaysia get first penalty corner

14th min: The set-piece for Malaysia didn't work out, but they still got a shot at goal. However, India's defence was well awake to put the ball out of danger. India lead 3-0.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Second quarter begins

16th min: Like it's been the norm with India, goalkeeper Suraj Karkera replaces Krishan Pathak in the post for India in the second quarter. India lead 3-0.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: End of first quarter, India lead 3-0

India couldn't have asked for a better start, and a nightmare for Malaysia, who conceded three goals in the first six minutes, as Raj Kuma, Araijeet and Jugraj get on the scoreboard for the Paris Olympics bronze medallists.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Malaysia conjure a short attacking spell

12th min: A good 2-min spell for Malaysia who put together a couple of nice moves that led to circle entries, but the finishing wasn't there. Understandably under pressure after conceding three goals in the first quarter already. India lead 3-0.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: India on a rampage

9th min: Two back-to-back penalty corners for India. And a third one now, fourth overall, as the ball strikes the rusher's foot again. But nothing came off it too, as Jugraj fails on three attempts. India lead 3-0.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: India on a roll! Score again to make it 3-0

6th min: Jugraj Singh gets on the board with a rocket drag-flick off India's first penalty corner. Malaysian defence is clue-less against rampaging Indian circle entries.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: GOAL! India brilliant, Malaysia sloppy

6th min: Nice play between young Indian strikers inside the Malaysian circle, and Araijeet Singh Hundal finishes it by expertly pushing the ball into the net to put India ahead 2-0.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: GOAL! India score early!

3rd min: Sensational stick-work from Raj Kumar Pal, who looked like cornered on the right baseline but found his way through three Malaysian defenders before nicely pushing it past the goalkeeper with a reverse flick to put India ahead.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: India 0 - 0 Malaysia

India, like Harmanpreet stressed the other day, are playing full press and trying to put Malaysia under pressure.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Ready for pushback!

India in their traditional blue and Malaysia in yellow.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Time for National Anthems, as the players walk onto the pitch to line-up in the middle

The two teams have played each other 23 times, with India overwhelmingly ahead with 16 wins. Malaysia have won only thrice, with the remaining four matches ending as draws.

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The two teams are on the pitch and currently doing their warm-up drills. India, the defending champions, are so far unbeaten in the tournament, with their two previous wins coming against China (3-0) and Japan (5-1).

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Pakistan beat Japan, India vs Malaysia up next

Pakistan defence managed to keep the Japanese forwards at bay for two goal-less quarters to hold onto their one-goal lead and register a much-needed 2-1 win that improves their chances of reaching the semifinals. At five points now, after two draws and a win, Pakistan will face hosts China and defending champions India in their last two league fixtures and hope to finish in the top four to qualify for the semis.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: A goal-less third quarter

As we wait for the India vs Malaysia match to begin at 1:15 pm (IST), the latest update from the Pakistan vs Japan game is that Pakistan maintain their 2-1 lead at the end of the third quarter that didn't see any goals.

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Pakistan were leading 2-1 against Japan at half-time in the first match on Day 3 of the competition. Before this match, Pakistan had drawn both their games and were fourth on the leaderboard with two points.

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Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 2024 Live: India vs Malaysia

India had defeated Malaysia in the final of the last edition of the ACT held in Chennai. Malaysia, who have a win and a draw from their first two matches, are currently lying in the fifth position and desperately need a win to keep their semifinal hopes alive. Top four teams at the end of the league stage qualify for the semis.

Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 2024 Live: India eyeing hat-trick of wins

India will look to complete a hat-trick of wins in the league stage when they take on Malaysia in their third league fixture in an hour from now. The Harmanpreet Singh-led Indian team began their title defence with a 3-0 win over hosts China, and followed it up with an even more convincing 5-1 mauling of Japan.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Action resumes after a day of rest

All six teams are back in action after a rest day, which followed the first two-action packed day of the tournament that started on September 8 and will concluded with the final on September 17.

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