Women's Asian Champions Trophy Hockey Semis HIGHLIGHTS: India beat Japan 2-0 to enter final

China defeated Malaysia in the first semifinal by 3-1 to book their place in the finals

6:32 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: India in the final

India with the help to two final quarter goals beat Japan 2-0 in the second semifinal of the Women''s Asian Champions Tophy 2024. They will now face China in the finals on tuesday.

6:26 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: India strikes again

55": India have now twice inside 10 minutes to secure a two goal lead for themselves.

Score: IND 2-0 JPN (4th quarter)

6:16 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: India strikes

48": India finally breaks the deal lock as Naveeneet Kaur scores the first goal of the match through a penalty stroke.

Score: IND 1-0 JPN (4th quarter)

6:10 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: Fourth quarter underway

The fourth quarter of the second semifinal is now underway.

6:07 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: Another goalless quarter

The third quarter between India and Japan also remains goalless as the scoreline is stuck at 0-0.

6:00 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: Japan picking pace

40"; Japan have finally started to go offensive but the goal hunt continues.

Score: IND 0-0 JPN (3rd quarter)

5:53 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: Deadlock continues

35": Still no goal from either side as the deadlock continues. India have now missed nine penalty corners.

Score: IND 0-0 JPN (3rd quarter)

5:45 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: Second half of the match underway

The second half of the semifinal match between India and Japan is now underway.

5:36 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: No goals in first half

The first half of the second semifinal match between India and Japan concludes with both team still reeling at nil-nil. 

5:31 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: Japan with rock solid defense

25": While Japan has failed to put any pressure on Indian defenders till now thier own defense has been rock soild and have denied India any opprtunity to goal. Seven penalty corners included.

Score: IND 0-0 JPN (2nd quarter)

5:21 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: Goal hunt continues

20": Neither team has been able to find a goal as the deadlock continues.

Score: IND 0-0 JPN (2nd quarter)

5:15 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: Second quarter begins

The second quarter of the match between India and Japan is no underway.

5:13 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: Goalless first quarter

The first quarter of the second semifinal between India and Japan ends with scorecard still reading 0-0.

5:08 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: India making the game

10": India is going forward with the possesion game as they have not made a circle entry in last 5 minutes.

Score: IND 0-0 JPN (1st quarter)

5:02 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: India starts aggressive

5": India starts the game in a dominant fashion as they keeping Japan under pressure.

Score: IND 0-0 JPN (1st quarter)

4:47 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: Second semifinal underway

The second semifinal match of the competition between India and Japan is now underway.

4:32 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: India's trump card

Forward Deepika who is leading the goal scorrers list in the competition will be India's trump card during India's semifinal match vs Japan.

4:20 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, IND vs JPN: The second semifinal

The second smifinal match between India and Japan will take place from 4:45 PM IST.

4:07 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, CHN vs MAL: China in final

China beat Malaysia in the first semifinal by 3-1 to book their place in the finals.

4:01 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, CHN vs MAL: final two minutes

Two minutes left in the game  and China is still leading Malaysia by 3-1

3:49 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, CHN vs MAL: Last 10 minutes underway

The last 10 minutes of the first semifinal between China and Malaysia is now underway.

Score: CH 3-1 MAL (4th quarter)

3:36 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, CHN vs MAL: Malaysia pulled one back

Malaysia finally finds thier footing as they pulled one back on China with a third quarter goal.

Score: CH 3-1 MAL (3rd quarter)

3:32 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, CHN vs MAL: Malaysia failing to capitalize

China despite being a player down due to yellow card is keeping the pressure on the Malaysian side.

Score: CH 3-0 MAL (3rd quarter)

3:24 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, CHN vs MAL: Second half underway

The second half of the first semi-finals between China and Malaysia is now underway.

3:11 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, CHN vs MAL: First half concludes

The first half of the first semifinal between China and Malaysia concludes with the former maintaining their 3-0 lead.

2:57 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES, CHN vs MAL: China strikes

China strikes again in the second quarter as they improves their lead over Malaysia to 3-0.

2:30 PM

Women's ACT 2024 semifinals LIVE UPDATES: Welcome to the live blog

Welcome to the live blog of the Women's Asian Champions Trophy semifinals from Rajgir International Stadium. In the first semifinal today China will take on Malaysia, while in the second semifinal India will take on Japan. But which two teams will book thier place in the finals? Stay tuned to find out.