The Britons won the title in their lone entry into the final in 1994.Despite knowing what was expected from them, India failed to make an impression on the Malaysian defence.Malaysia made two early forays into the Indian circle, but were thwarted by the defenders. A penalty corner awarded to Malaysia in the ninth minute was reversed after video referral by India.After a listless first quarter, India managed to earn three penalty corners in the next 15 minutes, but Malaysian goalkeeper Subramaniam Kumar effected two diving deflections.India's maiden foray into the rival circle was in the 16th minute, which earned them their first penalty corner. The penalty corner flick by Rupinder Pal Singh was deflected out by diving goalkeeper Subramaniam Kumar in the 16th minute.Video referrals seemed to be the flavour of the game as it was taken several times in penalty corner actions. India's second penalty corner was awarded on a successful video referral, but they then lost a follow-up penalty corner when Malaysia successfully challenged the award for a foul by the first wave of defenders.In the second half, Malaysia were awarded their second penalty corner on an appeal for video review.Indian defenders fell back to thwart a combined Malaysia raid in the 20th minute. Soon after, Talwinder Singh 's shy at the other end was saved by the Malaysian custodian.A combined move between Talwinder and Akashdeep on the left flank had Malaysian defenders falling back to crowd the goalmouth.

Source: Times of India May 05, 2017 15:45 UTC