Bhubaneswar, Jan. 16 -- Malaysia bounced back strongly to pull off a thrilling 3-2 victory over Chile in a Pool C match of the FIH Odisha Men's Hockey World Cup 2023 at the Birsa Munda Stadium in Rourkela on Monday.

With this fighting win, the Asian side's hope of progressing into the knockout round has been revived.

While Chile dominated the opening two quarters of the match, Malaysia got their rhythm back in the second half. Chile opened their account through Juan Amoroso's powerful penalty corner in the 20th minute. Malaysia got the equalizer through Razie Rahim's successful penalty stroke six minutes later.

However, Chile doubled the lead in the 29th minute when Martin Rodriguez struck a brilliant field goal through a reverse hit....