Unbeaten so far in the tournament, a confident India would look to carry on their winning momentum and book a place in the summit clash when they take on Japan in the first semi-final of the eighth junior men's Asia Cup hockey tournament, here on Saturday.
The win in the pool meeting will defintely give a psychological advantage to India over their opponents.The Indian team has been unbeaten in the tournament so far with wins over Japan, Malaysia, China and Oman.
Drag-flicket Harmanpreet Singh has been in rollicking form scoring nine goals in the tournament so far. Besides the Indian forwardline has also shown promise. On the other hand, Japan's performance has also picked up in the past two matches with wins over China in their last group stage match and Bangladesh in the quarter-finals.