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.