{"id":354279,"date":"2023-08-09T17:05:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T17:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/08\/09\/act-hockey-2023-india-show-pakistan-the-door-book-semifinal-date-with-japan-hockey-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T17:05:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T17:05:26","slug":"act-hockey-2023-india-show-pakistan-the-door-book-semifinal-date-with-japan-hockey-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/08\/09\/act-hockey-2023-india-show-pakistan-the-door-book-semifinal-date-with-japan-hockey-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"ACT Hockey 2023: India show Pakistan the door, book semifinal date with Japan | Hockey News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-102581238,imgsize-123748.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>CHENNAI: Once the last beat of the Kollywood songs ended here at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium on Wednesday, the game of the tournament started with a near disaster for India. Pakistan were celebrating a goal in just 95 seconds from the start. The stunned Chennai crowd, with hands on hips, watched the replay on the big screen after a video referral, and then erupted in joy as Hannan Shahid&#8217;s strike was disallowed.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"strong \">India vs Pakistan<\/span><span class=\"strong \">:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/hockey\/india-vs-pakistan-hockey-asian-champions-trophy-live-score-updates-chennai\/liveblog\/102577705.cms\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_liveblog-As it happened-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/hockey\/india-vs-pakistan-hockey-asian-champions-trophy-live-score-updates-chennai\/liveblog\/102577705.cms\" frmappuse=\"1\">As it happened<\/a><br \/>The wake-up call saw the Indian defence regroup and get its structure back. For the next 12 minutes, it was free-flowing hockey, with both the sides defending well, until the dying seconds of the first quarter, when skipper <!-- -->Harmanpreet Singh<!-- --> sounded the board for the first of his two goals off penalty corners.<\/p>\n<p>After Harmanpreet added a cushion in the 23rd minute, <!-- -->Jugraj Singh<!-- --> stepped up to flick on another short corner six minutes into the third quarter to make it 3-0.<\/p>\n<p>The Pakistan team, which gave a good account of itself in the tournament compared to some of its previous outings, was now staring at an exit from the race to semis.<br \/>Akashdeep&#8217;s touch off a pass from <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mandeep-singh\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-Mandeep Singh-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mandeep-singh\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mandeep Singh<\/a> put the icing on the cake for a 4-0 scoreline that stood as is until the final whistle.<br \/>The result put Pakistan out of the tournament, giving Japan another lease of life, as they leapfrogged the Pakistanis to finish in the top four and enter the semis.<br \/><span class=\"strong\">Semi-final line-up:<\/span><br \/><span class=\"strong\">1.<\/span> South Korea vs Malaysia<br \/><span class=\"strong\">2.<\/span> India vs Japan<\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };<\/p>\n<p>    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };<\/p>\n<p>    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    var TimesApps = window.TimesApps;\n    TimesApps.toiPlusEvents = function(config) {\n      var isConfigAvailable = \"toiplus_site_settings\" in f && \"isFBCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings && \"isGoogleCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings;\n      var isPrimeUser = window.isPrime;\n      if (isConfigAvailable && !isPrimeUser) {\n        loadGtagEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n        loadFBEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isFBCampaignActive);\n      } else {\n        var JarvisUrl=\"https:\/\/jarvis.indiatimes.com\/v1\/feeds\/toi_plus\/site_settings\/643526e21443833f0c454615?db_env=published\";\n        window.getFromClient(JarvisUrl, function(config){\n          if (config) {\n            loadGtagEvents(config?.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n            loadFBEvents(config?.isFBCampaignActive);\n          }\n        })\n      }\n    };\n  })(\n    window,\n    document,\n    'script',\n  );<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/hockey\/top-stories\/act-hockey-2023-india-show-pakistan-the-door-book-semifinal-date-with-japan\/articleshow\/102581198.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] CHENNAI: Once the last beat of the Kollywood songs ended here at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium on Wednesday, the game of the tournament started with a near disaster for India. 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