The Indian hockey team, which took the field for the first time after winning the historic bronze medal in the Paris Olympics 2024, performed brilliantly. Team India, which won the bronze medal by defeating Spain in the match held in Paris exactly a month ago, made a great start in the Asian Champions Trophy. The Indian team, captained by Harmanpreet Singh, defeated host China 3-0 in its very first match and made a successful start to the campaign to win the title of this tournament for the fifth time.

This tournament started on Sunday, 8 September in Hulun Bir, China, in which 6 teams including India are participating.

Pakistan is also included in this. This tournament is being played on a round robin basis. That means every team will play one match against the other teams. Team India won the title of this tournament last year and now it has made a strong start to defend its title.

Most of the players in coach Craig Fulton's team were the same ones who won the bronze medal in Paris, so a strong performance was expected from them here as well. However, the team was on the field for the first time after the retirement of veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh, so there was a lot of eye on Krishna Bahadur Pathak who replaced him to see if he would be able to perform as well as Sreejesh.

Pathak, who has been a part of the team for a long time, did not disappoint and showed that he is now ready to become Team India's number-1 goalkeeper.

(News is being updated)

Pathak, who has been a part of the team for a long time, did not disappoint and showed that he is now ready to become Team India's number-1 goalkeeper.

(News is being updated)