Pakistan Beat India 1-0 to Win SAF Games Gold Medal Match

The Pakistani team completed a hat-trick of titles in the South Asian Games.

Pakistan hockey team players celebrate their win against India during the final match of hockey at the South Asian Games in Gauhati (Photo: AP)

India produced a disappointing performance to lose 1-0 to arch-rivals Pakistan in a lacklustre summit clash of men’s hockey at the 12th South Asian Games.

Awaisur Rehman scored the lone goal of the match in added time of the first half as Pakistan clinched the gold medal and notched up a hat-trick of titles in the South Asian Games.

The Indians, who could create very few goal-scoring chances and were left to defend the citadel for most part of the match, thus continued their gold medal drought in the tournament at the Moullanna Tayebullah Stadium.

Pakistan had won the hockey gold in 2006 and 2010 editions, beating India in the final on both occasions. India had also lost 1-2 to Pakistan in the group stage of the ongoing Games.