Asia Cup 2025: Harmanpreet Brace, Mandeep Strike Help India Edge Out Japan

Last Updated:August 31, 2025, 17:23 IST

The Men In Blue registered a 3-2 win over their Japanese counterparts as Harmanpreet netted a brace and Mandeep Singh added their other.

Asia Cup 2025: India 3-2 Japan. (X)

The Indian National Men’s Hockey Team battled their way to a second successive win at the ongoing Asia Cup in Rajgir on Sunday with a dominant win over Japan.

The Men In Blue registered a 3-2 win over their Japanese counterparts as Harmanpreet netted a brace and Mandeep Singh added their other.

Mandeep Singh put India ahead in the opening quarter of the game, before Harmanpreet extended the hosts advantage to two with his fourth strike of the game.

Japan, however, came out from the halftime break with a renewed sense of purpose and halved their arrears with a scintillating strike to reduce to the deficit to just the one.

Harmanpreet netted for the second time in the game, and his fifth of the tournament, to give India an insurance which they would later be thankful for as the Japanese unit found a way to overturn the run of play and net their second with mere minute to go to give the hosts and the fans a nervy finish.

India, however, stood up to the test posed by the Japs in the final stretch of play to defend their advantage and conclude their second fixture of the tournament with a positive result. It was the host nations’ second triumph in as many outings at the continental event being hosted on home soil, following their opening day thumping of China.

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Rajgir, India, India

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August 31, 2025, 17:23 IST

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