Asian Champions Trophy Live, India vs Pakistan Highlights: India hold nerves to beat Pakistan 2-1 in a thriller

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: That's how the points table looks at the moment. The last league match between China and Japan will decide who among Malaysia and China will join India, Pakistan and Korea in the semis.

Asian Champions Trophy: India stay unbeaten and top of the league table

With that win over Pakistan, the defending champions India have completed their league fixtures, so have Pakistan. With five wins in as many matches India stay on top of the leaderboard with 15 points. Pakistan are No. 2 with 8 points from two wins and two draws. It was Pakistan's first defeat of the tournaent. Both the teams have already qualified for the semifinals. They now wait to know who they will face in the semis.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: INDIA WIN! BEAT PAKISTAN 2-1!

India hold nerve after captain Harmanpreet Singh's two goals off penalty corners put his team ahead 2-1 after Pakistan had taken an early 1-0 lead in the first quarter through Ahmad Nadeem.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Sukhjeet earns PC for India with 1:34 min left on the clock! Can India make it 3-1?

59th min: Harmanpreet takes the drag-flick, and the Indians try a small variation, but doesn't work out. India stay 2-1 ahead.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Yellow card for Manpreet Singh

58th min: Five minute suspension for Manpreet Singh, who will not play anymore role in this match. Both the teams now down to 10 men. India lead 2-1.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Into the last five minutes of the match

India hold onto their 2-1 lead, as time-killing tactics come into play. India trying to not give away possession as the clock ticks over.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Pakistan looking to attack

53rd min: A lot more urgency among the Pakistan players now, who are trying to control the ball. But India get to the end of a loose ball, and find Abhishek in position to take a shot a goal, but he delays for some reason and it proves futile. India ahead 2-1.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Tempers flaring!

49th min: On-field umpire asks video ref to check for serious misconoduct, as Jugraj and Rana had a clash during a tackle, which saw Jugraj goind down in the Indian circle. There was a brief heated exchange as well between players after that. And it's a YELLOW CARD for Pakistan No. 8, Rana Waheed Ashraf, who is out for 10 minutes. So Pakistan will play the rest of the match a player short. 10 vs 11 now. India ahead 1-0.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: End-to-end stuff now as the game enters its last 10 minutes. India lead 2-1.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: PC to India, but Pakistan appeal with a video referral

55th min: On-field decision upheld! Harmanpreet is there, on a hat-trick. He can seal the game here. Or will it be someone else going for the flick? Jugraj it is who goes for it. But a reset, as the ball hits the rusher's leg. Another PC. Jugraj takes the drag-flick, but Pakistan save it brilliantly on the goal-line through Hammad. It remains 2-1 for India.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Fourth and final quarter begins

46th min: Pakistan have Sufiyan back soon after the start of the fourth quarter, so Pakistan back to 11 men. But it's India who get the first look at goal in this quarter, but Abhishek attempted tomahawk well blocked by a Pakistani stick. India up 2-1.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: End of Q3. A goalless quarter keeps India ahead 2-1

Both the teams came close to scoring on multiple occasions, but couldn't find the net. Last 15 minutes of the match coming up.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Penalty corner for Pakistan in the final minute of third quarter

30th min: Raheel messed with the ball after the whistle had gone for a free hit to Pakistan. Abdul Rehman take the flick on PC but straight into rusher Manpreet's foot. Another PC. They go for a variation, but Rahaman sends it wide of injector Shakeel. India remain ahead 2-1.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Yellow card to Pakistan's Sufiyan

27th min: The video umpire says no serious misconduct, at the end of which India's Nilakanta Sharma fell down while contesting for a ball with Sufiyan. So Pakistan down to 10 men for the next five minutes. India lead 2-1.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Superb attacking spell by Pakistan, get another penalty corner

26th min: Sufiyan steps up to drag-flick, takes it, on target. But Pathak in the way of the deflection, brilliant goalkeeping once again.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Pakistan have another PC! Pressue on India, who lead 2-1

24th min: Superb goalkeeping by Pathak! Makes a double save to keep India in the lead.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: PC to Pakistan now! India 2-1 up in third quarter

23rd min: Injection lets Pakistan down, bu Shakeel still got a chance to take a hit. He did, but Jarmanpreet was well awake to the danger near the post.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Penalty corner to India for a block on Hundal by Sufiyan just outside the circle

22nd min: Salman Razzaq does well to block Harmanpreet's drag-flick, and Pakistan take the ball to safety. India lead by a goal at 2-1.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Pakistan need to add load to their attacks

34th min: Sitting deep in their half with a lurking striker isn't expected to work for Pakistan if they want to make a match of it. India stay 2-1 ahead. It will help India's possesion play with full press.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Play resumes after half-time

31st min: Pakistan would want to have Hannan Shahid in the thick of the action and at the end of most balls inside India's 23. An early goal here for Pakistan will set this game up nicely. India lead 2-1.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: That's half-time. India lead 2-1

At the end of 30 minutes, India maintain their one-goal lead at 2-1. And the game is starting to heat up. Surely there are more goals in it. India captain Harmanpreet scored a brace off PCs, after Ahmad Nadeem had put Pakistan ahead to surprise the defending champions in the first quarter.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Penalty corner for Pakistan

Into the final minute before half-time, and Pakistan get a short corner. But India are safe. It remains 2-1 for India.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: India confident, but still not at their best

28th min: India yet to hit top gear as far as play in the field is concerned, which is why those conversions on PCs were Harman were so criticial.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: India lead 2-1 in second quarter

Under five minutes left before the half-time hooter. Pakistan would want to go into the break on level terms. But India controlling possession.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: India looking more comfortable now

22nd min: India look far more in control now, thanks to skipper Harman's two PC goals that have put them in lead after trailing 0-1. But the way this game has been progressing, India surely can't relax while ahead by just one goal. They lead 2-1.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Unfortunate inury!

21st min: Pakistan Abu Baker Mahmood is being stretchered off having twisted his right knee. Not the scenes you want to see on a sports fied. Play resumes as India lead 2-1.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: GOAL! India up 2-1! Harmanpreet scores again

19th min: Arguably the world's best dragflicker, skipper Harmanpreet, popularly known as Sarpanch, scores his 203rd goal, and the second of this match. What a strike!

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Indian trying to control the ball

18th min: India trying to spray the ball around, trying to find a way through and they make a circle entry, which results in a second penaty corner.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Second quarter begins

16th: Pakistan proving how unpredictable they can be. India clearly didn't expect them to play like that, at least not in the first quarter. It's 1-1.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Thrilling first quarter comes to end at 1-1

End to end stuff in those first 15 minutes that produced two goals. Hannan Shahid has been the star so far for Pakistan, keeping the Indian defence on it's toes.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Penalty corner for India, and a green card, and GOAL!

13th min: Jarmanpreet takes a hit at goal and the ball ricochets off the goalkeeper's pads into the air dangerously. PC awarded. And Harmanpreet scores by beating the first rusher easily. India equalise. It's 1-1 now.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: India in unknow territory

12th min: India have never conceded first in the tournament so far. So it will be interesting how they respond. Pakistan lead 1-0.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: GOAL! Pakistan score, they lead 1-0

7th min: Hannan Shahid flies into the Indian circle and sets up Ahmad Nadeem who gets the vital final touch to beat goalkeeper Pathak.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Pakistan come close again

6th: Ijaz gets the cross in from the right, but the striker in the front of Indian goal couldn't get a touch.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Circle entry for Pakistan

5th min: Brilliant run by Shakeel, gets the first attempt on target for Pakistan. But Indian defence managed to avert the danger. Still 0-0.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: India begin with full press

2nd min: Clearly the Indians are looking for early goals to put the Pakistanis under pressure. Pakistan defending very deep.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Pushback time!

1st min: Manpreet not starting for India today, 19-year-old Gurjot named in starting XI. Krishan Pathak begins in the post for India.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: National Anthems being played

Players from the two teams have lined up in the middle. It will India's anthem first, followed by Pakistan's.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live, India vs Pakistan: India coach Craig Fulton says while it's a different pressure playing an IND vs PAK match in India or Pakistan, but the stake remain high wherever the two teams face off.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live, India vs Pakistan: Not long before pushback

The players will soon jog out to the middle and line up for the National Anthems. This is the 181st meeting between the two traditional rivals.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live, India vs Pakistan: India's young stars on a roll

ndia, having rested a few from the Olympic team, have given youngsters a chance. Striker Gurjot Singh, who was handed a debut against China has given a good account of himself along with other youngsters like Araijeet Singh Hundal, Uttam Singh, and Mohd Raheel. The strike duo of Sukhjeet Singh and Abhishek has continued with the good form since Paris. The coordination of the youngsters in the frontline has been heartening and promising.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: How the Pakistan team shapes up

The Pakistan team is a blend of youth and experience. While skipper Ammad Butt weighs in with experience, the young strikeforce of Ahmad Nadeem and Hannan Shahid can prove to be a handful for the Indian defenders. One player who will be watched is Sufyan Khan, a 20-year-old drag-flicker, who will look to prove himself after Pakistan’s low success rate in penalty-corner conversions in the tournament thus far.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Pakistan remain 'unpredictable'

After being held in their first two matches against Malaysia and Korea, Pakistan edged past Japan 2-1 before taking hosts China in their stride with a 5-1 scoreline. The team's newly-appointed coach, Tahir Zaman, terms his players ‘unpredictable’ and it’s a fact that is not lost on the Indians.

A brief narration of some of the memorable matches, as the two archrivals take each other on once again in the Asian Champions Trophy at 1:15 pm IST today

The wins vs defeats statistics are still in favour of Pakistan, but those numbers don't draw the right picture for the hockey fans, as the sport has plunged to a new low in Pakistan, both on and off the field.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live, India vs Pakistan: ACT heaveweights

While defending champions India have won the ACT title a record four times, Pakistan are second in that list with three titles to their name. India defeated Malaysia in the final during the last edition of the tournament held in Chennai.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: A storied rivalry, but not the same over the past decade

With the downslide of Pakistan hockey, much of their storied rivalry with India has been watered down. But that has hardly dulled the intensity with which the teams play against each other. However, the potency of the contest apart, the gap between the two teams is glaring.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: Both the teams already qualified for the semis

India with 12 points from an all-win record sit pretty on top of the table, while Pakistan are number two with eight points. The remaining two spots will be contested between South Korea, Malaysia and hosts China. Japan are already out of the race to semis.

Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Live: India on a roll

India are currently on a four-match winning streak and Pakistan have fared well too. India top the six-team single pool with 12 points, while Pakistan are placed second with two wins and an equal number of draws earning them eight points.