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Summary The green shirts played a 2-2 draw against India in their match of Asian Hockey Championship.
The Asian hockey giants, Pakistan and India faced each other in the group match of Asian Hockey Champions Trophy in Chinese city of Ordos on Friday.Pakistan took a 2-0 lead through Muhammad Waqas (40th minute) and Muhammad Irfan (42nd) but India responded immediately with Rupinder finding the target from an indirect penalty corner while Danish Mujtaba scored the equaliser in the 53rd minute.Mujtabas equaliser, a deflection from his stick, was controversial as New Zealand umpire Simon Taylor did not initially award a goal. But the Indians appealed and the South Korean umpire, after consultations with Taylor, let the goal stand.With todays draw, Pakistan booked a berth for the final clash with 10 points from three wins and a draw.On their road to final, Pakistan won their matches against Malaysia, China and South Korea while the green shirts suffered a defeat against Japan. India, ending the group round-robin league unbeaten on nine points from two wins and three draws, will have to wait for the results of the matchbetween Japan and Malaysia to know whether they will make it to the final or not.If Malaysia beat Japan, India sail through to the final provided South Korea, who are on six points, do not beat China by more than seven goals. Japan, on seven points, will pip India to the final if they beat Malaysia.
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