India beated by Pakistan Asian hockey Champions Trophy

KARACHI: Pakistan beated  India 5-4 in an exciting and interesting Asian Hockey Champions Trophy final at the Al Rayyan Stadium in Doha, Qatar on Thursday to clinch the gold medal.
It was a close match, marred by controversy in the final few minutes, with India walking off the field in protest against a penalty corner that was not given. They came back on with two minutes left in the match as Pakistan held on to secure the win.
captain Mohammad Imran and mohammad Waqas scored two goals while Shafqat Rasool scored one.
The pakistani players opened the scoring in the seventh minute through a penalty corner scored by Waqas, but India equalised within 2 minutes through SV Sunil.
Raghunath then gave his side the lead in the 21st minute as India went into half-time 2-1 up.

 The tempo of the game was much faster In the second-half, both teams creating chances and Shafqat Rasool soon gave Pakistan the equaliser in the 42nd minute.
Mohammad Imran’s goal gave Pakistan the lead again but India pulled one back through Gurvinder Chandi to make the score 3-3. However,Mohammad  Waqas soon restored Pakistan’s lead in the 57th minute but Rupinderpal Singh scored yet another equaliser for india.
Pakistan were awarded a penalty corner in the 64th minute which led to Imran scoring the winning goal.