India hold South Korea to a 2-2 draw in Men’s Asia Cup Rajgir Bihar 2025

New Delhi: The Indian Men’s Hockey Team and Korea drew 2-2 in their first Super 4s match at Hero Men’s Asia Cup Rajgir Bihar 2025. Hardik Singh (8′) and Mandeep Singh (53′) were India’s goalscorers while Jihun Yang (12′) and Hyeonhong Kim (14′) scored for Korea.

The play started after a rain delay when India made a positive start to the wet weather with several circle entries and attacking forays on goal. They even gained two early Penalty Corners in the seventh and second minute respectively but couldn’t trouble the keeper. In the eighth minute, Sukhjeet Singh intercepted the ball in midfield and passed it to Hardik Singh (8′) who made a remarkable solo run down the center, eluding the Korean rear guard and finishing his move with a simple shot past the keeper to give India lead.

Korea hit back with two consecutive goals to take the lead in the contest. In the 12th minute, Korea were granted a Penalty Stroke for a foul committed by Jugraj Singh inside the circle. Jihun Yang (12′) came up and buried his shot to the top right corner to get the scores level. Two minutes later, Korea was granted a Penalty Corner from which Hyeonhong Kim’s (14′) dragflick gave them the lead.