Pakistan achieved second success in Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament by defeating Japan 4-1. This match of 25th Azlan Shah Hockey Cup was played in Malaysian city Ipoh. From Pakistan side, Arslan Qadir scored 2 goals while Rizwan Ali and Ali Shan scored 1 goal each. Both the teams played defensive hockey during first half of the match but Ali Shan scored 1st goal from Pakistan on the 20th minute of 2nd half. Rizwan Ali scored the second goal after 4 minutes. After some time, Japan acquired a penalty corner but could not score. Pakistan was leading 2-0 at the end of 2nd half.
Japan scored its 1st goal at the 48th minute of 3rd half on a penalty corner. After that, Pakistan attacked several times on the goal post of opponent team and Arslan Qadir scored 3rd goal from Pakistan. Arslan also scored 4th goal from Pakistan 3 minutes before the end of the match and the match ended with the score of 4-1. Arslan Qadir has scored total 6 goals in the tournament.
Pakistan has won 2 out of its 6 matches due to which the team will play the match for 5th position tomorrow.