New Delhi, Sept. 7 -- After crushing China 7-0 in their final Super Four encounter, the Indian hockey team will enter the Hockey Asia Cup 2025 final as hot favourites against defending champions South Korea on Sunday at the Bihar Sports University Hockey Stadium in Rajgir. A win for either teams in the final would seal their ticket to the FIH World Cup in 2026 in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Coming from a string of poor performances in Australia prior to the Asia Cup, India's ruthless show at home in the continental showpiece came as a sign of relief for all the fans, officials, support staff and most importantly instilled a belief within the players going into the global event next year.

Led by Harmanpreet Singh, India did suffer a sca...