7-2.<\/strong><\/p>\nWell, India also defeated Thailand 16-0, and Japan 4-1 on the way to the finals! It is as if the team was in one heck of a scoring mode!<\/p>\n
The last time the Indian forwards were in such punishing mood was in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics when India defeated US<\/a> by 24-1! But that was the era of Dhyan Chand. Is this the revival of Indian hockey? I hope so. It has been a sport which has been close to my heart! My grand-father was one of the founding members of the Jawahar lal Nehru Hockey tournament and I have spent many a summers going to watch hockey matches in Shivaji Stadium! It used to be a treat to do that!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1517,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-india","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\nIndian hockey team wins Asia Cup, 2007!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Is it the Chak De India effect? It has been a while since India has won a tournament so emphatically! In the recently concluded Asia Cup 2007, India not only equalled a record by defeating Sri Lanka by 20 - 0 , it even won the finals against South Korea - against whom they could not even compete properly not too long ago - by 7-2. Well, India also defeated Thailand 16-0, and Japan 4-1 on the way to the finals! It is as if the team was in one heck of a scoring mode! The last time the Indian forwards were in such punishing mood was in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics when India defeated US by 24-1! But that was the era of Dhyan Chand. Is this the revival of Indian hockey? I hope so. It has been a sport which has been close to my heart! My grand-father was one of the founding members of the Jawahar lal Nehru Hockey tournament and I have spent many a summers going to watch hockey matches in Shivaji Stadium! 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<\/a>Is it the Chak De India effect? It has been a while since India has won a tournament so emphatically! In the recently concluded Asia Cup 2007, India not only equalled a record by defeating Sri Lanka<\/a> by 20 \u2013 0<\/strong> , it even won the finals<\/a> against South Korea \u2013 against whom they could not even compete properly not too long ago \u2013 by 7-2.<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"Photo](\"http:\/\/i43.photobucket.com\/albums\/e375\/deshkapoor\/2006041700940401.jpg\")
<\/a>Is it the Chak De India effect? It has been a while since India has won a tournament so emphatically! In the recently concluded Asia Cup 2007, India not only equalled a record by defeating Sri Lanka<\/a> by 20 – 0<\/strong> , it even won the finals<\/a> against South Korea – against whom they could not even compete properly not too long ago – by 7-2.<\/strong><\/p>\n