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Dhaka is hosting one of the most interesting Asia Cup Hockey tournament ever. Nobody would have predicted how interesting the race to final in 2nd round of #AsiaCup2017 could get. 4 teams played 2 matches each against each other and still today while playing the last matches all 4 have a clear chance of either being out with a loss or in with a win. Only India has comparatively better position as even a draw can get it in. But, then it must remember that a loss may knock it out of the race to final. First time aspirant Malaysia has certainly made the calculations tricky. For the record, all the past 9 finals of Asia Cup has been played among only three teams: South Korea, Pakistan and India.

In the 2nd round of Asia Cup, while the race to finals was given a twist by Malaysia who shocked 3-time champion Pakistan, the classification matches saw Japan qualifying for 5th position match. Overall, in 3 matches the day saw 15 goals as Indians managed 2nd draw (in 9 matches at Asia Cup) in the dying minute against South Korea. Only three teams have reached the finals of Asia Cup so far in the last 9 editions and Malaysia is just another upset away from being the fourth team. On Thursday, India will play its 7th match at Asia Cup against Malaysia, having won 5 and drawn 1.