India vs China Hockey Asia Cup 2025 Super 4s, Highlights: Dominant India rout China 7-0 with six different goalscorers

From hockey historian K Arumugam on X: Harmanpreet's India equals a 43- year old record of scoring 7-0 against China, which Surjit Singh led India did in the first Asia Cup in 1982 at Karachi. Six scorers amassed this massive score.

Confirmation of the final Super 4s standings.

Player of the match: Shilanand Lakra, who has had a good tournament so far.

A goal and a couple of assists for Lakra.

Perhaps fitting the match ended with a Harmanpreet aerial to Jarmanpreet... because that is how it all started in the first quarter, in a move that set up Shilanand Lakra for the opening goal. And then six more followed.

Superb frokm India, asserting their dominance.

FULL TIME: 7-0

India vs Korea final

Perhaps for the first time tonight, India are sitting deep in a low block. Letting China have the ball in the last 90 seconds or so. That's how dominant this performance has been.

With 40 seconds to. go, India win the ball back.

India with a couple more half chances after going up 7-0. They are keeping the pressure on China's defence. Quite a statement performance so far.

7 goals. And none from Harmanpreet!

CHEN Qijun with a shot on goal after Hardik Singh lost the ball high up, a good counter attack and a rare chance for China. Suraj with a good save! He has had a good tournament.

GOALLLLLL INDIA! Oh that is a brilliant move. Right from the pushback of the third quarter. Sukhjeet Singh drives forward, plays a somewhat fortuitous 1-2 with Dilpreet. Continues his move forward, goes around an defender and unselfishly finds Abhishek to his right and it is a tap in for the forward. Two Bengal Tigers players combining there beautifully.

India 6-0 in Q4, Abhishek. Sixth different goalscorer.

India's intensity has dipped a little bit, and no surprise. The heat and humidity has been harsh. so there is no real reason to go all out for the rest of this match. Conserving fuel won't be the worst idea. The clock is winding down in the third quarter with India contrilling possession.

GOALLLLLLL INDIA! This is a procession now. Sumit plays a pass down the left channel into the circle. Dilpreet does well to play it across the goal. But it looked like it was behind Sukhjeet's reach but he puts in a diving finish to score India's 5th.

India 5-0 in Q3, with Raj Kumar and Sukhjeet on the scoresheet.

SAVE, WANG! Dilpreet touches the ball into the circle and unleashes a powerful strike on goal. Wang flies high to glove the ball over the crossbar. That's a football save, like the commentators point out. Wang has to be alert again for a save down the left after good work by Sukhjeet.

Hardik Singh starts second half with a reminder that his aerials are pretty darn good as well. From pushback, receives the ball and sends one over to the left flank but this time Sanjay is unable to control.

HALF TIME STATS: The numbers tell you all need to know. 7 shots from 9 circle entries (Surely there were more than 9, sometimes the hockey stats don't quite seem right.) China meanwhile have had no shots on goal and just one circle entry registered. p>

Harmanpreet Singh's aerials into the circle have been an absolutely joy to watch. Another crossfield aerial from the right flank, finds Manpreet down the left channel. Manpreet's control is lovely, and he unleashes a shot on goal that just goes wide. That would have been another lovely goal.

Manpreet then drives forward in the final seconds of the half and releases Dilpreet to the right but the pass is just ahead of him.

Shilanand puts up his hand in apology as he turns and tries to placy a reverse pass into the circle but it is well wide of Dilpreet. Harmanpreet meanwhile getting some instructions from Craig Fulton in the dugout.

GOALLLLLL INDIA! Harmanpreet Singh's drag fick is actually rushed out quite well. He wanted a retake but Vivek, who was the stopper, was alert to recycle possession, slams in pass-cum-shot at goal. WANG Weihao (GK) makes a save but again the rebound falls kindly to India and Mandeep with a proper poacher's finish at the far post.

India 3-0 in Q2, Mandeep.

CHANCE! Another sensational aerial from Harmanpreet from the left flank, Abhsihek controls is superbly down the right. He puts the ball in to a dangerous area, but it evades Mandeep and Sukhjeet. In fact got a touch from the former that took it over the latter.

Sanjay with a good attacking run from the right flank, cutting into the center but Hardika can't find the right pass into the circle. India win the ball back and drive forward again, this time Hardik releases Sanjay to the left flank and his cutback nearly found Harman, who had made a forward run.

What are the chances Harman will finish this tournament with at least one field goal! Has come close a couple of times!

Under 7 minutes to go in the first quarter. Fulton got he wanted. A good start.

PENALTY CORNER FOR INDIA: Sanjay wins the ball back from China, Vovek releases Lakra down the right and does well to find a Chinese foot.

Abhishek, who had a sub-par game against Malaysia, has made a bright start to this one. Great stick work down the right flank and drives into the circle but China defend it. The move came after a sensaional dummy from Hardik. Sukhjeet then goes close.

A reminder of China’s impressive run this tournament, by Mihir Vasavda.

Their 18-man squad for the Asia Cup is accompanied by a 12-member support team. It’s the largest entourage among all teams, including India. In the quantity, there’s some solid quality too: there’s Michel van de Heuvel, who was a part of the coaching team that masterminded Belgium’s path to the Olympic gold; they have Roelant Oltmans, the wily Dutch Olympic-gold winning tactician who has also coached India, Pakistan and Malaysia; and then there’s Australian Anthony Farry, known to work his magic with the underdogs, be it the Canadian men, who returned to the Olympic stage under him, the Japanese women whom he led to a first-ever Asian Games gold or the Indian women’s side. “They are determined to show the world that China can be good in men’s hockey as well,” says Oltmans. “The women have already shown it.”

Just a reminder of the scenarios as the national anthems come to a close. Another packed crowd in Rajgir.

China will qualify along with India, if this match ends in a draw. If India win, Korea will make it to the final along with Harmanpreet Singh and Co. If China win, goal difference will come into play before India and Korea, which is looking good for India at the moment.

Alright then, not long left for India vs China and this is how the Super 4s table looks like.

China will qualify along with India, if this match ends in a draw.

If India win, Korea will make it to the final along with Harmanpreet Singh and Co.

If China win, goal difference will come into play before India and Korea, which is looking good for India at the moment.

India all but in the final but you never know in sport.

This is sensational. Korea desperately defending, the PC is saved but Akhimullah does well in a crowd to win another PC with 68 seconds to go.

A PC for Malaysia and a green card for Korea and this is getting even more thrilling.

Syed Cholan's short on goal is saved by Kim Jaehan! The Korean GK was the player of the match against India if you recall.

Into the last 5 minutes of this match with Malaysia trying to salvage something out of this. A draw would even a good result for them at this point and it will keep them well in the hunt.

As we wait for this thrilling finish... Read Mihir Vasavda's report of IND vs MAS.

Veteran Manpreet Singh sparks India into life in crucial 4-1 win against Malaysia – ‘It’s huge what he is doing’

The other day, Hardik Singh teased Manpreet Singh while also doing some math. “How many (matches) have you played, 402?” he asked in Punjabi. “I came into the team in 2018 and played 158. It means I needed eight years for 150 matches, so in 16 years I’ll complete 300 matches. To complete 400 matches, I’ll need a minimum of 18 years. And you keep saying Djokovic ne inna time hogaya (has been around for so long).” Manpreet blushes so hard that his face gets pinker than the grip on his stick. Hardik was sincere in his admiration for the midfielder, who made his debut in 2011 and is gunning to be India’s most-capped player.

Hardik and Manpreet were bantering the morning after Novak Djokovic came back from a set down to beat American qualifier Zachary Svajda in the US Open second round. Much like the 38-year-old Serb, Manpreet, 33, has kept on reinventing himself and has been relying mainly on experience to quell any resistance from the opponents. Like he did on Thursday night here during India’s comeback 4-1 win over Malaysia in an Asia Cup match that coach Craig Fulton described was like a ‘quarterfinal’.

KOREA HAVE MADE IT 3-3!

And welcome to our live coverage of Indian hockey. Today, our focus is on India vs China in the men's Asia Cup at the Rajgir Hockey Stadium. The final match of the Super 4s stage, with plenty at stake.

India have blown hot and cold in this tournament so far but Craig Fulton's side finally seemed to be hitting their strides after the first quarter of the previous match against Malaysia, where they came back from a goal down to win 4-1.

Tonight, they are likely to face a stiff test from China who have been the surprise story of this tournament so far.