Pakistan beat hosts China by 4-1 in their second match of the First Asian Hockey Championship on Sunday at Ordos, China. It was second consecutive win for Pakistan in the tournament. Shakeel Abbasi scored two goals while Muhammad Umar Bhutta and Shafqat Rasool scored one goal each for the green shirts. At the break both the teams were leveled one all. In the second-half Pakistani team played very well and scored three more goals but Chinese players were unable to find the net and failed to score any goal. In the end Pakistan won the match by 4-1.
In the other matches of the day, South Korea defeated Malaysia by 4-3 while Japan drew India 1-1. Today will be the rest day in the event. Pakistan will take on Japan in their third match of the tournament on Tuesday while China will play Malaysia and South Korea will face India in other matches.