NEW DELHI: Following their Asian Champions Trophy triumph, India climbed to 3rd within the newest FIH rankings on Sunday, giving them a major increase forward of the Asian Games.

India (2771.35 factors) moved as much as third place, passing England (2763.50 factors) and trailing top-ranked Netherlands (3095.90 factors) and Belgium (2917.87 factors).
This is India’s second look at No. 3 within the FIH rankings. India attained the same rating in 2021 after profitable a bronze medal on the Tokyo Olympics, their first medal on the Games in 41 years.

The Harmanpreet Singh-led aspect defeated Malaysia 4-3 on Saturday to win the ACT title. They staged an astonishing comeback from a 1-3 deficit on the halftime break.

India completed third within the occasion’s final version in 2021.
The Asian Games in Hangzhou start on September 23 for the Indian hockey squad.
Malaysia, the ACT runners-up, maintained ninth place within the FIH rankings.
Apart from India and Malaysia, South Korea are ranked eleventh, whereas Pakistan are ranked sixteenth. The different two groups within the ACT 2023 — Japan are at 18th and China are ranked twenty eighth within the newest rankings.
(With inputs from PTI)