{"id":52109,"date":"2024-12-04T18:30:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T18:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/04\/india-retains-mens-junior-hockey-asia-cup-title-with-a-5-3-triumph-over-pakistan-n-f-times\/"},"modified":"2024-12-04T18:31:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T18:31:00","slug":"india-retains-mens-junior-hockey-asia-cup-title-with-a-5-3-triumph-over-pakistan-n-f-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/04\/india-retains-mens-junior-hockey-asia-cup-title-with-a-5-3-triumph-over-pakistan-n-f-times\/","title":{"rendered":"India retains Men&#039;s Junior Hockey Asia Cup title with a 5-3 triumph over Pakistan &#8211; N.F Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"intro-text\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\">The Indian Junior Men\u2019s Hockey Team beat Pakistan 5-3 in the high scoring Final of the Men\u2019s Junior Asia Cup today in Muscat, Oman to successfully defend their title.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Araijeet Singh Hundal (4\u2019, 18\u2019, 47\u2019, 54\u2019) was in top form for India and Dilraj Singh (19\u2019) scored a goal to join him on the scoresheet. While Pakistan\u2019s Captain Shahid Hannan (3\u2019) and Sufyan Khan (30\u2019, 39\u2019) did their utmost to keep their team in the tie for the majority of the game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83c\udfc6 INDIA CLINCHES THE MEN\u2019S JUNIOR ASIA CUP 2024! \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>Team India reigns supreme, defeating Pakistan 5-3 in a thrilling final to lift the championship trophy! \ud83e\udd47<br \/>Unbeaten throughout the tournament, these young champions have shown the world what they\u2019re made of! \ud83d\udcaa\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>Kudos to\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EOc5I7Jz1o\">pic.twitter.com\/EOc5I7Jz1o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheHockeyIndia\/status\/1864358358154940638?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>India has now won this tournament for a record five times, including their previous triumphs in 2023, 2015, 2008 and 2004.\u00a0Hockey India, on this occasion, announced a cash reward of 2 lakhs to each player and 1 lakh to each support staff for their impeccable title defence and dominating performances in the Men\u2019s Junior Asia Cup.<\/p>\n<p>While India were settling into the game, Pakistan\u2019s Captain Shahid Hannan pounced on a stray ball in the shooting circle and beat Bikramjeet Singh in a one on one to steal a goal for Pakistan. India responded immediately by earning a penalty corner and Araijeet Singh Hundal unleashed a powerful drag flick to the right top corner to restore parity. Both teams went on to trade circle entries without finding the back of the net till the end of the first quarter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ASIAN CHAMPIONS! \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>What a night for Indian hockey! \ud83c\udfd1<br \/>Team India lifts the Men\u2019s Junior Asia Cup 2024 trophy after a thrilling win over Pakistan. \ud83d\udcaa<br \/>A display of passion, skill, and determination that will be remembered for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s to the champions who made the\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wOL2DeuTai\">pic.twitter.com\/wOL2DeuTai<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheHockeyIndia\/status\/1864371830804631954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Within three minutes of the second quarter, India were awarded another penalty corner and Araijeet stepped up again, finding the gap between Pakistan\u2019s goalkeeper Muhammad Janjua and the post man with a thunderous drag flick to give India the lead. Following this, the Indian forwards relentlessly pressured Pakistan\u2019s defense. Soon, Dilraj weaved past two defenders on the left wing and struck the board, extending India\u2019s lead to 3-1. Although Pakistan mounted occasional attacks on the Indian goal and earned a penalty corner as the first half came to a close, Sufyan Khan showcased his drag flicking skills, beating Bikramjit Singh in goal to make it 3-2.<\/p>\n<p>Araijeet created two chances in quick succession as the third quarter began but Pakistan\u2019s goalkeeper Muhammad Janjua pulled out amazing saves on both occasions to keep Pakistan in the match. Both teams went back and forth until Sufyan Khan, with six minutes left in the quarter, flicked the ball into the Indian goal from a penalty corner and ensured Pakistan headed into the last quarter, level on score.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as the last quarter began, India seized the initiative. Manmeet Singh skillfully maneuvered past his marker and found an unmarked Araijeet in front of the goal, who deflected the ball into goal to restore India\u2019s lead and complete his hat-trick. With ten minutes to go, Zikriya Hayat embarked on a counter-attack, but Indian goalie Prince Deep Singh rushed out to avert any further danger. And with six minutes left in the game, India earned a penalty corner and employed a variation to free up Araijeet, who smashed the ball into the top right corner with his flick, making it 5-3 for India. As the game headed to a close, Hannan Shahid carved out a significant goal-scoring opportunity, but Prince Deep stood firm in goal, swatting away the attempt and sealing India\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The Indian Junior Men\u2019s Hockey Team beat Pakistan 5-3 in the high scoring Final of the Men\u2019s Junior Asia Cup today in Muscat, Oman to successfully defend their title. Araijeet Singh Hundal (4\u2019, 18\u2019, 47\u2019, 54\u2019) was in top form for India and Dilraj Singh (19\u2019) scored a goal to join him on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hockey-Mens-Junior-Asia-Cup.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52111,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52109\/revisions\/52111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}