Asian Games 2023: Indian hockey team enters semi-finals, defeats Bangladesh 12-0

The Indian men’s hockey team has achieved a resounding victory in its last pool stage. During this, India defeated Bangladesh 12-0 and already entered the semi-finals. With the help of hat-tricks by captain Harmanpreet Singh and Mandeep Singh, the Indian men’s hockey team has won this spectacular victory in the Asian Games.

Let us tell you that the Indian team scored 58 goals in five matches of the pool stage while losing only five goals. Earlier, the Indian team had defeated Uzbekistan 16-0, Singapore 16-1, Pakistan 10-2 and Japan 4-2.

Also, for India, captain Harmanpreet (2nd, 4th and 32nd minute) and Mandeep Singh (18th, 24th and 46th minute) scored three goals each. Abhishek (41st and 57th) scored two goals while Amit Rohidas (28th), Lalit Upadhyay (23rd), Gurjant Singh (56th) and Neelakanta Sharma (47th) scored one goal each.

Our #MenInBlue of Hockey 🏑 scored a dominant win against 🇧🇩 with a score of 12-0 & proceeds to the Semi Finals👍🏻

The boys were on 🔥today!

The Semis are all set to take place on 4⃣th Oct!
Stay tuned to know more and keep chanting #Cheer4India #HallaBola#JeetegaBharat, pic.twitter.com/rjjy5mz3iS

— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) October 2, 2023

On the other hand, Bangladesh team looked helpless in front of the Indian team. And were unable to score a goal. At present, India will face the second placed team of Pool B in the semi-finals to be held on October 4.