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Asian Hockey Championship 2018: India and Pakistan declared joint winners

The Final of the Hero Asian Champions Trophy 2018 between India and Pakistan has been forfeited due to bad weather conditions

Asian Hockey Championship, India vs Pakistan hockey

India's Nilakanta Sharma vies for the ball against Pakistan's Muhammad Irfan Jr. Photo: Hockey Federation of India

The Final of Asian Men’s Hockey Champions Trophy 2018, Manpreet Singh’s India and Pakistan are declared joint winners as the match was called-off due to bad weather at Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat today. The rain pour in heavily 10 minutes before the scheduled start of play. Now India and Pakistan have won the Asian men's hockey Champions Trophy thrice each. India had clinched the title in the inaugural edition in 2011 as well as in 2016, whereas Pakistan won the 2012 and 2013 editions. Earlier, in the round-robin stage, India defeated Pakistan 3-1 after going one goal down in the first minute of the match. In the 2018 Asian Hockey Championship, India scored 28 goals while Pakistan able to beat the opponent's goalkeeper 18 times. 

How India won the 2016 Asian Champions Trophy

The last edition of the tournament saw India remain undefeated as they defeated Japan 10-2, drew 1-1 with South Korea, beat Pakistan 3-2, China 9-0 and Malaysia 2-1 in the pool stages. In the semi-finals, India had beaten South Korea 5-4 in penalty shootout while in final India defeated Pakistan 3-2 at Kuantan, Malaysia
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There is still no news from the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex.
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India will meet former champions Pakistan, who prevailed 3-1 in the shootout after being level 4-4 against Malaysia in the first semi-final of 2018 Asian Hockey Championship.
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The start of India vs Pakistan clash delayed due to heavy rain. It started raining in Muscat 10 minutes before the scheduled start of the play i.e. 22:40 (IST).Stay Tuned for Live updates
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Here what happened when India and Pakistan last meet in Asian Men's Champions Trophy 2018

In Match 6 of Asian Men’s Hockey Championship 2018, Manjeet Singh-led India beat arch-rivals Pakistan at Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat. After getting down by 1 goal down in the first minute of the match, India were attacking all guns blazing but fails to score a equaliser in the first quarter but after that they played brilliantly and scored 3 goals of which 2 comes in 2nd quarter while the third goal comes in the third quarter
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Pitch inspection in 17 minutes from now, that is, around 23:00 (IST)
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Match delayed due to rain
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India vs Pakistan head to head

India: 26

Pakistan: 25

Draw:3
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India vs Pakistan head to head

India: 26

Pakistan: 25

Draw:3
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Indian Men’s Hockey Team will meet Pakistan in the high-voltage Final of the Hero Asian Champions Trophy 2018. Here’s a look at the number of goals scored by both teams in the tournament so far. 

India goals scored: 28

Pakistan goals scored: 18
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First Published: Oct 28 2018 | 9:30 PM IST