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India vs Japan LIVE: How to watch Asian Champions Trophy Hockey Semi-Final IND vs JAP LIVE Streaming in your country, India – Defending champions & Olympic bronze medallist India Hockey Team will start as the favourites against Asian Games gold medallist Japan in the Asian Champions Trophy Semi-Final. Manpreet Singh & Co are brimming with confidence after they thrashed Japan 6-0 earlier in the round-robin match on Tuesday. Follow India vs Japan LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN

India vs Japan LIVE: How to watch Asian Champions Trophy Hockey Semi-Final IND vs JAP LIVE Streaming in your country, India

When will India vs Japan Asian Champions Trophy Hockey Semi-Final match be played? – Date
India vs Japan ACT 2021 Semi-Final match will be played on 21 December.

When will Asian Champions Trophy Final be played? – Date
Asian Champions Trophy Final will be played on 22 DEC 2021.

What Time India vs Japan ACT Semi-Final Will begin? Time
India vs Japan Semi-Final Will begin at 3:00 PM IST

What are the venues for Asian Champions Trophy Semi-Final? – Venue
Asian Champions Trophy Semi-Final played at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh

India vs Japan Semi-Final LIVE streaming
The Asian Champions Trophy LIVE telecast is available on Star Sports 1/1 HD, Star Sports Select 2/Select 2 HD, and while it can also be streamed live on the Disney+ Hotstar app and website.

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India vs Japan LIVE: How to watch Asian Champions Trophy Hockey Semi-Final IND vs JAP LIVE Streaming in your country, India

Asian Champions Trophy Hockey Semifinal LIVE: India vs Japan

India, meanwhile, need to guard against complacency as any slip-up could spoil all their hard work. They ended the round-robin stage of the five-nation tournament at the top of the standings with 10 points, ahead of Korea (6), Pakistan (5), Japan (5) and hosts Bangladesh (0).

Match details

Match: India vs Japan Semi-Final
Date: December 21 (Sunday), 2021
Time: 6:00 PM IST
Venue: Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Asian Champions Trophy Hockey Semifinal LIVE: Confident India start as overwhelming favourites against minnows Japan- Follow LIVE updates

The start was far from ideal for India. Playing their first tournament after their historic Tokyo Olympics campaign, the Indians were held 2-2 by South Korea before turning things around with a resounding 9-0 win over Bangladesh, followed by 3-1 victory over arch-rivals Pakistan and the thrashing of Japan.

Vice-captain Harmanpreet Singh has been a revelation not just at the back but from penalty corners as well, converting two against Japan on Sunday. And, he definitely will pose a big threat for the Japanese.

The Indian midfield is also being held together brilliantly by skipper Manpreet and Hardik Singh. The forwardline of Dilpreet Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Akashjdeep Singh and Shamsher Singh too has shone bright in the tournament so far, scoring some fine field goals.

Asian Champions Trophy Hockey Semifinal LIVE: Confident India start as overwhelming favourites against minnows Japan- Follow LIVE updates

The Indians completely outperformed Japan in all departments of the game in their league match and they would eye an encore in the semifinal as well. The Japanese will have to lift their game by leaps and bounds and play out of their skin to give themselves any chance of registering an upset win.

Young Suraj Karkera has been brilliant under the bar for India, making some brilliant saves throughout the tournament while the Harmanpreet-led Indian backline too defended stoutly, saving as many as five penalty corners against Japan on Sunday.

However, the Indian defence will need to be a little more cautious on Tuesday and concentrate on not conceding too many penalty corners, which could hurt them as past results hardly matter in knockout-stage matches.

Asian Champions Trophy Hockey Semifinal LIVE: Confident India start as overwhelming favourites against minnows Japan- Follow LIVE updates

A slight slip-up or lapse in concentration can derail India’s campaign and spoil their second successive ACT title. India had won the title jointly with Pakistan in the last edition in Muscat.

Meanwhile, South Korea face Pakistan in the first semifinal on Tuesday.

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Indian Squad

Goalkeepers: Krishan Bahadur Pathak, Suraj Karkera
Defenders: Gurinder Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Varun Kumar, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Mandeep Mor, Harmanpreet Singh, Dipsan Tirkey
Midfielders: Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh, Sumit, Rajkumar Pal, Akashdeep Singh, Shamsher Singh, Jaskaran Singh
Forwards: Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Gursahibjit Singh, Shilanand Lakra, Dilpreet Singh

Team India’s full schedule, fixtures

14 December – India 2-2 South Korea
15 December – India 9-0 Bangladesh
17 December India 3-1 Pakistan
19 December India 6-0 Japan
21 December 15:00 –South Korea vs Pakistan
21 December 17:30 – India vs Japan
22 December 15:00 – Bronze Play-off
22 December 17:30 – Final