India beat South Korea 5-3 to climb atop the leader board in the 1st Asian Men Champions Trophy at Ordos, China today.
They are the only unbeaten team in the six nation tournament with seven points from two wins and a draw.
In a display of flair and fluency, India fired three goals in the opening seven minutes to completely rattle the nippy Koreans, ranked world number six.
The goal scorers for India were Rupinder Pal Singh (3rd min penalty stroke), Gurvinder Singh Chandi (4th min), SV Sunil (7th min), Rajpal Singh (25th min) and Yuvraj Walmiki (61st min) while Lee Nam Yong (8th min and 26th min) and Nam Hyun Woo (70th min penalty corner) were the marksmen for Korea.
In other matches today, Japan beat Asian Games champions Pakistan 3-1 while Malaysia beat China 4-2.
India will now play Malaysia on Wednesday.