- Indian men’s hockey team play Pakistan in the bronze medal match of the Asian Games at 4:00 pm IST on Saturday, 1 September.
- Asian Games 2018 events are being telecast Live on the Sony network in India.
- You can also catch the Asian Games Live on the Sony Live website.
The Indian men’s hockey team will play eight-time champions Pakistan in the bronze medal play-off at the Asian Games on Saturday, 1 September. Defending champions India lost their semi-final to Malaysia after a heart-breaking penalty shoot-out, and were denied a direct entry into the 2020 Olympics.
Pakistan lost 0-1 to Japan in the other semi-finals.
Malaysia, who had beaten India in the last-four stage eight years ago at Guangzhou, made their wasteful opponents pay for their mistakes, both in regulation time and shoot-off. Both teams were tied at 2-2 after 60 minutes.
In the shoot-off, it was anyone's game and Malaysia handled their nerves better to make their second Asiad final.
India, who had scored a record 76 goals in the group stage, were left stunned after SV Sunil missed his attempt in the sudden death. Only Akashdeep and Harmanpreet scored in the first five shots of the shoot-off while Manpreet Singh, Dilpreet Singh and Sunil faltered.
Goalkeeper PR Sreejesh kept India in the game as he only let in two goals from Muhammad Ashari and Fitri Saari. Tengku Ahmad, Faizal Saari and Muhammad Azuan missed the target for Malaysia.
In sudden death, Malaysia's all five attempts were successful while India scored the first four before Sunil cracked under pressure.
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