Updated On: 08 October, 2023 08:55 AM IST | Hangzhou | PTI
The Indians, ranked seventh in the world, thus avenged their 0-1 defeat against Japan in the last edition of the Games in Jakarta in 2018

India`s Deepika (2nd R) fights for the ball with Japan`s Amiru Shimada (R) in the women`s field hockey bronze medal match between India and Japan at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou in China. Pic/AFP
Coming into the tournament as favourites, a wounded Indian women’s hockey team rose from the shock semi-final loss to edge past defending champions Japan 2-1 and claim the bronze here on Saturday.
The Indians, ranked seventh in the world, thus avenged their 0-1 defeat against Japan in the last edition of the Games in Jakarta in 2018.