Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian men's Hockey team beat Japan 5-3 Pool A game
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Gurjant Singh strikes twice as India defeated Japan 5-3 to continue impressive form in the group stage. A couple of goals from Gurjant and fine strikes from Harmanpreet Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, and Simrajit Singh helped India win back-to-back matches at Tokyo Olympics. On the other hand, Japan managed to hit as many as three goals in their final match at Tokyo Olympics 2020. India continued to be placed 2nd in Pool A below Australia in the points table. Also Read | Tokyo Olympics 2020: Boxer Lovlina Borgohain assures a medal for India, enters semis It was India’s fourth win for Team India. Men in Blue were in the lead throughout the game and dominated proceedings. Also Read | Tokyo Olympics 2020: PV Sindhu cruises to semifinals defeating Japan’s Yamaguchi Two minutes before the end of the third quarter, India got second Penalty Corner only to miss the net. However, Men in Blue were in the lead (3-2) with one quarter to go. Both India and Japan got off to a cautious start. Manpreet Singh-led Indian side broke the shackles and hammered the first goal in the 13th minute. Meanwhile, Gurjant Singh then scored early in the 2nd quarter as India doubled the lead over the hosts. However, Japan came back with a goal as Tanaka opened the goal account.