India vs Malaysia Highlights Asian Champions Trophy 2023: IND thrash MAS 5-0 to go top of the table

India are pressing high, clearly going for a second goal. However, this also gives Malaysian forwards plenty of space to operate in

IND 1-0 MAS, 21'

The second quarter begins in Chennai. India lead 1-0

Karthi Selvam gives India the lead right at the brink of the first quarter. Breaking the series of aerial balls, Harmanpreet slots a straight grounded pass to Selvam, who makes no mistake in finding the net

Local boy Kaarthi Selvam finds the net as Chennai crowd erupts! A brilliant finish from the side as he beats the Malaysian GK fair and square. Harmanpreet with a brilliant assist

MAS 0-1 IND, 14'

Not a lot of attacking from Malaysia as they are consistently being pushed to defence so far. India are making circle entries one after the other, but no chance as close as Sukhjeet's so far

0-0, 12'

Malaysia did have a couple of circle entries but India have clearly been more threatening in the opening minutes so far.

0-0, 8'

ALMOST! Sukhjeet with a flick but misses the target by a whisker! Akashdeep builds the attack, slotting in the ball inside the circle. Vivek, then, cleverly shields the ball from a host of Malaysian defenders before passing it to Sukhjeet, who drifts it just wide

Inda 0-0, 5'

Underway in the first quarter! India go left to right

Just a reminder that Sreejesh is not the goalkeeper tonight. Krishan Bahadur Pathak will be playing the role

Both teams are out on the field and we are set for the national anthems to begin. Malaysia first, followed by India

India: Varun Kumar, Jarmanpreet Singh, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Mandeep Singh, Krishan Bahadur Pathak (GK), Harmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Shamsher Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Sukhjeet Singh

Malaysia: Marhan Jalil, Faizal Saari, Firhan Ashari, Razie Rahim, Faiz Jali, Azuan Hasan, Hafizuddin Othman (GK), Abu Kamal Azrai, Najmi Jazlan, Muhammad Hassan, Amirul Azahar

We are minutes away from the start of India's game against Malaysia. The result of the match between Japan and Pakistan had no bearings on top-3, but a win for India can send them to the top of the table tonight.

Japan, who were 1-2 down at half-time, took a 3-2 lead before Pakistan found a late equalizer in the final quarter!

Indiia and Malaysia have met on five occasions in the Asian Champions Trophy. While both sides have won two each, one game ended in a draw

Firhan Ashari of Malaysia is currently the top goal-scorer in the tournament so far, scoring four goals – all of them being field goals – and so, the Indian defence will have a difficult challenge as it takes the field on Sunday.

Other results on August 6

China 1-1 Korea

Pakistan 2-1 Japan (at half-time)

India coach Craig Fulton also spoke in detail about the side's poor finishing.

"It's not that we are not playing in our system. We are playing the way we want to play, and even tonight (Friday), we had two-three really good counters. We are one phase away from finishing the way we want to," he had said after the Japan draw.

The Indians earned as many as 15 penalty corners against Japan but converted just one despite having a potent force in skipper Harmanpreet Singh, Varun Kumar, Amit Rohidas and Jugraj Singh.

Interestingly, India were lethal with their penalty corners in the 7-2 win over China in their opening match as six of the goals were scored through set pieces.

Harmanpreet spoke in detail about India's gameplan against Malaysia.

“We know what we need to do in our next game against Malaysia. Our focus is on capitalizing on the areas that led to our successful goals in the opening game against China. Additionally, we're eager to try something new in our upcoming match."

Harmanpreet Singh's men are currently second in the points table, with a win against China (7-2), followed by a 1-1 draw against Japan. Before the start of the day, India were second, but dropped to third following Korea's draw vs China. 

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of India vs Malaysia game at the Asian Champions Trophy 2023! India are currently 2nd with four points in two games, while Malaysia, with six points, are undefeated in as many matches so far.