ye7 Asian Champions Trophy 2024: Harmanpreet Joins 200-Goal Club As India Beat South Korea
Harmanpreet Singh (right) celebrates 200th goal for Indian hockey team Photo: SonyLiv Screengrab Harmanpreet Singh (right) celebrates 200th goal for Indian hockey team Photo: SonyLiv Screengrab 
Indian men's hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh notched up his 200th career goal as the defending champions defeated South Korea 3-1 to register their fourth consecutive win at the Hero Asian Champions Trophy tournament on Thursday, September 12. (Highlights | More Hockey News)
Harmanpreet scored in the ninth minute to bring up his landmark goal. He becomes the third player from India to achieve this feat. Overall, he is the 12th player to achieve 200 goals in international hockey.
One did not realise the enormity of this feat. Harmanpreet is basically a defensive midfielder in footballing parlance and to score 200 goals, is truly a great achievement.
Only Major Dhyan Chand and Balbir Singh Sr have scored more for India at the highest level.
Check The All-time Goal-scorers For India
1Dhyan Chand - 570
4Balbir Singh Sr - 246
12Harmanpreet Singh - 201*
15KD Singh - 175
17Dhanraj Pillay - 170
25Sandeep Singh - 138
* denotes still actively playing
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India's Hockey Captain Harmanpreet Singh Credits Mental Conditioning For Consecutive Olympic Bronze The Indian skipper notched his 201st goal in the 43rd minute as he converted yet another penalty corner to give the Olympic bronze medallists a 3-1 win.
Already assured of a semifinal place, India will next play arch-rivals Pakistan on Saturday (September 14) in their last league match in the six-team competition.
The top four teams from the league stages will qualify for the semi-finals scheduled on Monday (September 16), while the final will be played on Tuesday (September 17).
(With PTI inputs)ye7