Coming from behind, South Korea drew 2-2 with India in the opening match of the Hero Men's Asian Champions Trophy Hockey 2021 that began on Tuesday (Dec 14) at the Maulana Bhashani National Stadium here.

In the day's opener, India took an early lead in the very 4th minute as Lalit Upadhyay received the ball in space and smashed it into the goal (1-0).

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Besides the goal, India launched a series of attacks, but the first half ended 1-0.

South Korea also made a few attempts, but the Indians were brilliant in defence.

India began the second half as well with a bang, earning a number of penalty corners with Harmanpreet Singh converting one to make it 2-0 in the 33rd minute.

With four minutes left in the third quarter, South Korea finally earned their first penalty corner of the match.

Harmanpreet Singh, defending the goal, moved a second earlier than the injection, and he was moved out of the goal. Taking advantage, Jonghyun Jang of Korea reduced the margin converting the penalty corner (2-1).

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The South Koreans then came flying out of the blocks in the fourth and final quarter and leveled the margin with Kim Sung Hyun finishing from an acute angle to the frustration of India (2-2).

India responded on the offensive, attacking in droves and pinning the Koreans back. Harmanpreet Singh did put one in the net from a penalty corner but on review, it was seen that the shot was off-target and was deflected in off the head of a Korean defender.

Finally, India could not make their dominance count and settled for a 2-2 draw.