Pakistan beat India 4-3 in Champions trophy semis, to meet Germany in final tomorrow

Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Bhubaneswar, Dec 13:

Eerie silence prevailed the jam-packed Kalinga Stadium after India went down by 3-4 goals to Pakistan in a thrilling semi-final match in the Odisha capital tonight.

India drew the first blood when Gurjinder Singh converted a penalty corner in the 12th minute of the first quarter.

However, Pakistan came back strongly in the second quarter and scored the equaliser through Muhammad Arslan Qadir in the 17^th minute. The visitors scored the second goal through Muhammad Waqas in the 32^nd minute just after the first half.

The Indian team bounced back when Dharamvir Singh scored the equalizer in the 38^th minute.

Though Pakistani skipper Muhammad Irfan gave the lead in the 44^th minute, Chandanda Thimmaiah scored the in the 45^th minute.

With the score level at 3-3, Muhammad Arslan Qadir scored the winning goal in the 59^th minute.

In the final tomorrow, Pakistan would meet Germany which stormed into the final after beating Australia in the first semi-final match of the day.