Indian men's hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh notched up his 200th career goal as the defending champions defeated South Korea 3-1 to register their fourth consecutive win at the Hero Asian Champions Trophy tournament on Thursday, September 12. (Highlights | More Hockey News)
Harmanpreet scored in the ninth minute to bring up his landmark goal. He becomes the third player from India to achieve this feat. Overall, he is the 12th player to achieve 200 goals in international hockey.
One did not realise the enormity of this feat. Harmanpreet is basically a defensive midfielder in footballing parlance and to score 200 goals, is truly a great achievement.
Only Major Dhyan Chand and Balbir Singh Sr have scored more for India at the highest level.
Check The All-time Goal-scorers For India
1 Dhyan Chand - 570
4 Balbir Singh Sr - 246
12 Harmanpreet Singh - 201*
15 KD Singh - 175
17 Dhanraj Pillay - 170
25 Sandeep Singh - 138
* denotes still actively playing
The Indian skipper notched his 201st goal in the 43rd minute as he converted yet another penalty corner to give the Olympic bronze medallists a 3-1 win.
Already assured of a semifinal place, India will next play arch-rivals Pakistan on Saturday (September 14) in their last league match in the six-team competition.
The top four teams from the league stages will qualify for the semi-finals scheduled on Monday (September 16), while the final will be played on Tuesday (September 17).
(With PTI inputs)
