The Indian hockey staff has suffered a crushing defeat towards Japan within the second match of the Asia Cup 2022. 2018 Asian Games gold medalist Japan thrashed defending champions 5-2 within the final quarter after taking a 2-1 lead. This was India’s second match in Pool A. In the primary match, the staff needed to play a 1-1 draw towards Pakistan. This is Japan’s second consecutive win within the event, so India has not been in a position to open the account of victory to this point.

Who scored the targets?

Japan beat Indonesia 9-0 of their first match. Talking about this match, Pawan Rajbhar and Uttam Singh scored targets for India. Rajbhar scored the primary objective for India within the forty fifth minute, whereas Uttam Singh scored the second objective within the fiftieth minute. For Japan, Ken Nagayoshi scored within the twenty fourth minute and Kose Kawabe scored two targets within the fortieth and 56th minutes. Koji Yamasaki scored the fourth objective within the fiftieth minute and Oka Ryoma scored the third objective for the staff within the forty ninth minute.

The begin of this match was thrilling and there was a fierce competitors. No objective was scored within the first quarter i.e. first quarter-hour. After this, Japan had a 1-0 lead by the tip of the second quarter. Then the third quarter turned very fascinating, on this quarter Japan scored the primary objective and made the lead 2-0. After this, India additionally scored the primary objective on this quarter. Japan scored once more within the final quarter, after which Uttam Singh scored for India to make the rating 2-3. But Japan then gained the match by scoring two extra targets within the final 7-8 minutes to take the lead 5-2.

The highway to semi-finals turned troublesome for India

Let us inform you that there are 4-4 groups in each Pool A and Pool B. Each staff will play three league matches. India has performed two matches and to this point they haven’t obtained a single win. The Indian staff has one level after 2 matches and within the final league match the Men in Blue wish to strengthen their semi-final possibilities by defeating dwelling staff Indonesia by an enormous margin.