India vs South Korea Hockey Highlights, Men's FIH Junior World Cup 2023: IND 4-2 KOR at FT, Araijeet Singh scores hat-trick in India's win

India vs South Korea Live Coverage ends

That's all from our Live coverage from India's opening Pool C match as India triumphed 4-2 against Korea.

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Man of the match

Araijeet Singh is awarded the man of the match for his hat-trick show! This is his second FIH Junior World Cup and he surely has brought all his goalscoring experience with him to Malaysia!

Full Time!

No clear evidence to turn the final decision, says the video referee and India lose their referral as well, not that it matters! India triumphed in their opening Pool C match 4-2!

IND vs KOR

60' A late review by India for a penalty corner while the hooter has gone off! Players were already shaking hands but the referee asked them to stay on the field as the decision is being video reviewed

India vs Korea Live

58' Araijeet Singh denied a fourth goal by Korean goalkeeper, who came off his line for a save after the referee allowed advantage play to India following a counter!

Men's FIH Junior World Cup 2023

57' Brilliant save by goalkeeper Mohith as he blocks a goal-bound effort from the first battery. The save certainly keeps pressure off India will less than three minutes left! IND 4-2 KOR

52' Koreans are not giving up easy as they win another PC as Lee Seunghwan is fouled upon circle penetration as he charged from the right-hand side!

India vs Korea Live

53' Rohit Kumar fires th penalty corner from the first battery following the injection by Amir. The effort just went wide off the post!

India win penalty corner!

53' India win their second penalty corner of the evening! They scored from their first earlier!

India vs Korea Live

52' India successfully defend the PC and catch Korea on the break with Sourabh Anand coming close to scoring following a circle penetration as his effort went wide off the post by an inch! IND 4-2 KOR

India vs Korea Live

52' Korea win their fifth penalty corner and will fancy their chances of coming back in the game!

Final quarter begins!

46' The final quarter gets underway with Koreans showing more intent in attack!

GOOOOALLL!

45' GOAL! Kim Minkwom scores from the penalty corner to make it 4-2! IND 4-2 KOR

Back-to-back cards for India!

42' India are down to 9 men as captain as Rohit is shown a yellow card (5 minute suspension) for a foul right after skipper Uttam Singh was shown a green card! IND 4-1 KOR

GOOOOOALLLLLL!

41' Araijeet Singh scores HATTRICK! What a powerful flick that was from the forward as he received a rocket of a pass inside the circle to deflect it to the goal. Korean goalkeeper did save it first but Araijeet put it back in the net on the rebound with some power! IND 4-1 KOR

GOALLLL!

38' Call it commentator's curse as Lee Doyhun scores the opening goal for Korea right after our last update. The Koreans score from a penalty corner to bring themselves back in the game! IND 3-1 KOR

India vs South Korea Hockey Live

38' The match has entered the 38th minute and there's no change in the scoreline since Amandeep's goal in the second quarter. IND 3-0 KOR

India vs South Korea Hockey Live

35' There's a delay in our coverage as the Live feed of the game is cut short by the official broadcasters due to a technical issue. We apologise for the inconvenience caused. Sit tight as the Live action will return soon!

India vs South Korea Hockey Live

33' South Korea keep early possession of the ball but are unable to penetrate the circle yet. India, on the other hand, just showed their quality on the counter as they went forward in numbers but the lack of quality in the final third deny them the fourth goal IND 3-0 KOR

India vs Korea Live

31' Third quarter begins and Indian coach CK Kumar said right before the restart that they don't intend to drop the tempo and keep looking for more goals! IND 3-0 KOR

Half Time!

The hooter goes off for half time! India take a 3-0 into the break as the Boys in blue dominate every aspect of the game in the first two quarters! Amandeep scores a late second quarter goal after Araijeet shot a brace

GOAL STANDS!

The goal stands as the video referee says he doesn't have clear evidence to overturn the decision. South Korea lose their video referral as well! We have just 18 seconds left on the clock before Half Time. IND 3-0 KOR

GOOOOALLLL!

30' GOAL! Amandeep Lakra scores from open play as a loose ball fell to him following a scoop by Sukhiwnder from outside the box! The goal, however, is being video reviewed by South Korea. We have to wait for an official confirmation

Men's FIH Junior World Cup 2023 Live

14' Korea fail to capitalise the penalty corner as Lee Seung Min ends up fouling the PC right after coming back from his 2-minute suspension. He is shown another green card for the foul, he sits out for two minutes again! IND 2-0 KOR

Korea win first PC!

29' Korea have a chance to score as Amir was hit on his leg following a shot!

Men's FIH Junior World Cup 2023 Live

27' Green card for Korean defender Lee Sung Min as he fouled Boby Singh Dhami, who was making a threatening and mazy run on the right side and was about to penetrate the circle! IND 2-0 KOR

Men's FIH Junior World Cup 2023 Live

23' A rare counter-attack by South Korea from the right-hand side but the cross delivered into the box had no one to receive inside the circle; lack of numbers in attack by the Koreans.

Seems like they re emphasising too much on defense and not lose this game by a big margin to far-superior India.

India vs South Korea Hockey Live

20' It's one-way traffic at the moment with all the action happening in the Korea defensive third. India continue to attack from either sides as their midfielders dominate the centre of the field and spray passes to either side of the post IND 2-0 KOR

GOOOOOOALLLLLL!

16' GOOOOALLL! Araijeet Singh doubles lead at the beginning of the second quarter as he deflects it in from close after Boby Singh Dhami made a solo run from right to enter the circle and set him up! The goal comes within 25 seconds from restart! IND 2-0 KOR

First quarter ends

The first quarter ends with no further opportunities to score for either sides