Hero Asia Cup 2025: Hero Asia Cup hockey tournament is being held for the first time in Bihar, in which 8 countries including India are participating. The Malaysian team has reached Patna and captain Marhan Jalil said that it will not be easy to defeat India.
Patna News: Bihar is hosting the Hero Asia Cup hockey tournament for the first time. 8 countries including India are participating in this international competition. The process of teams reaching Patna for the tournament has started. In this sequence, the Malaysian team reached Patna on Saturday, from where they will leave for Rajgir.
First match against Bangladesh on August 29
The first match of the Malaysian team tournament will play against Bangladesh on August 29. Malaysia is in Pool-B, including Korea, Bangladesh and Chinese Taipei. While Pool-A has teams from India, Japan, China and Kazakhstan. Significantly, in the final played in Jakarta last time, Malaysia suffered a 1-2 defeat to Korea.
Team captain Marhan Jalil said
I am very excited to come to Rajgir. Our preparations have been very good and we are waiting for a great tournament. It will not be easy to defeat India, as they have competed with many top teams in the Pro League. He has a great experience of international experience and hockey. He also said that defending champion Korea is a strong and watching team. We have played against Korea this year. They look quite fit and fast. Our first goal is to make it to Super-4. The team’s head coach Sarjeet Kundan expressed his gratitude for the warm welcome when he reached Bihar. He said that we have reached ahead of time, which will also give us a chance to play some practice matches. Our team is young and our main goal is to prepare for 2028 Olympics and next year’s Asian Games. Recently we visited Australia and Korea, and now Sultan Azlan Shah is also to participate in the tournament. He hoped that the Malaysian team would perform well in this tournament. We are the second seeded team and this time it is our goal to win a medal.
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How to book free tickets for Hero Asia Cup tournament
It is being told that the portals for tickets will open from 8 am on August 26. Aadhaar card will be necessary for tickets. A person can book a maximum of two tickets. In addition, only one person will be allowed to enter on one ticket. Only one ticket can be booked with a phone number. At the same time, if two tickets are booked from the same phone number, then the ticket ‘sold out’ will appear on the app. In addition, if a person is booking two tickets, the two tickets will have to come together. That ticket will not be forwarded further. At the same time, you will be able to watch the match throughout the day on a ticket. To book tickets from the TICKETGENIE app, it has to be installed from the Play Store.
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