India vs South Korea Live Score, Hockey Today Super 4 match at Asia Cup 2025 Rajgir Live Scorecard Updates: India will look to keep their unbeaten streak alive in the men’s 2025 Asia Cup when they take on title holders and 5-time winners Korea in their first Super 4 clash on Wednesday in Rajgir.
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India’s free scoring ways have often papered over their defensive frailties this tournament with Harmanpreet Singh and Co just edging past Japan 3-2 and china 4-3 before thrashing Kazakhstan 15-0 on Monday to end as the top team in Pool A. Korea, meanwhile, have more often than not struggled in the Rajgir heat, shockingly losing to Malaysia 4-1 to end as runners up in Pool B. But with the Super 4 games set to be played mostly in the evenings, India will have to be wary of the Koreans picking up their game.
India are unbeaten against the defending champions in their last five matches. However, when the two teams met at the same stage in the previous edition of the Asia Cup, it ended in a high-scoring draw, with the scoreline reading 4-4. India, who conceded seven goals in the group stage — four against China and three against Japan — will hope to tighten their backline and improve their field goals ratio. Craig Fulton’s team has scored just once from open play against the two opponents, not counting the 15-0 win over a lowly Kazakhstan in their final group-stage encounter. Read more by Mihir Vasavda here, our man on the ground in Rajgir for the men’s Asia Cup hockey tournament..
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Three hat-tricks, eight different goalscorers, 15 goals: India trounce Kazakhstan in Asia Cup
India hockey team players celebrate a goal against Kazakhstan in their Asia Cup match on Monday. (photo: Hockey India)
Kazakhstan conceded seven goals in the first half, let India enter their ‘D’ nearly every minute, and allowed a shot at their goal every second minute on average. Yet, their assistant coach smiled politely at the interval and said his team was playing a ‘good game’.
It was hard not to empathise with them. In the hockey universe where competition gets thin beyond the top 15 of the world, Kazakhstan are ranked 87th, below Hungary and just above Zimbabwe — countries that exist as hockey nations in the rankings list but barely play. Kazakhstan last played in the AHF Cup, a second-tier Asian competition where they were spanked 7-1 by Chinese Taipei, another hockey minnow. They are in Rajgir only because Pakistan pulled out followed by Oman, and got barely a week or two to prepare for the continent’s showpiece event, a World Cup qualifier no less.
