Asian Hockey Championship 2018 highlights:India beat Japan 3-2 in semifinal

India will play Pakistan in the final of Hero Asian Men's Hockey Champions Trophy on Sunday at 22:40 IST

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Now India will meet Pakitan in the summit clash on Sunday at 22:40 (IST)

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FULL TIME: India beat Japan 3-2 in the second Semifinal of Hero Asian Men's Hockey Champions Trophy. India had 27 circle entries while Japan had only 4

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2 minutes to go for final hooter

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55th minute: Japan scores their 2nd goal to bother India in last 5 minutes of the 2nd Semi-final

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55th minute: Penalty Corner for Japan

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55th minute: Dipreet scores India's 3rd goal which nearly seal final berth of India.

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50th minute: Chance for India as Akashdeep and Lalit in combine well on the edge of the circle to craft a chance for Dilpreet, but a Japanese defender gets to the ball before the young forward can lay his stick on it

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Q4 BEGINS

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AT THE END OF Q3: Varun scores the second goal for India, to brighten India chances to register the final berth. An exciting 15 minutes left in the game.

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43rd minute: India's Varun scores. India 2-1 up against Japan in 2nd semifinal

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43rd minute: Penalty Corner for India

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38th minute: Akashdeep tries put the ball on the foot of Japanese player, missed it

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In the third quarter, India losing the ball in the mid field and Japan come attacking in the Indian half of the court

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Q3 underway

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AT HALF TIME: Japan score the equaliser in the second quarter. Even though India had maximum circle entries but their strikers fails to convert the opportunities into GOAL

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29th minute: Japan fails to convert the Penalty Corner. Score still at India 1 | 1 Japan

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28th minute: Penalty Corner for Japan. Can they take a lead, lets see!!!!

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2 minutes to go for half time

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India have 14 circle entries while Japan made only 1 circle entry

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26th minute: India fails to convert the Penalty corner as Chinglensa flashes over the goal post

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25th minute: Second penalty corner for India

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22nd minute: Penalty corner for Japan

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22nd minute: Japan score in a penalty corner. Brilliant diving deflection to far post

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First semi-final: Pakistan beat Malaysia 3-1 in shoot out

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India vs Japan head to head

India won: 18
Japan won: 1
Draw: 3