Times of India: PM Modi congratulates Indian eves for lifting Asian Champions Trophy

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated the Indian women’s hockey team for lifting its maiden Asian Champions Trophy title with a thrilling 2-1 win over China in Singapore.

“Congrats to our women’s hockey team for winning the Asian Champions Trophy 2016. It is a great moment for Indian hockey. @TheHockeyIndia,” the Prime Minister wrote on his twitter handle.

The welcome result for the Indian women’s team has come just days after the men’s team got the better of arch-rivals Pakistan to reclaim the Asian Champions Trophy in Kuantan, Malaysia.

Before this, India’s best finish in the Women’s Asian Champions Trophy came in the last edition in 2013 when it finished runner-up to Japan.

It had finished third in the inaugural tournament in 2010.