India vs Malaysia Asian Champions Trophy 2023 Final: Harmanpreet Singh led side eye for a fourth title

India has emerged as the tournament's most free-scoring team. The Harmanpreet Singh led side has netted 25 goals. India's defense has also looked so far with the team keeping clean sheets in three of the six matches it has played. Two of the three clean sheets have come in the previous two fixtures against Pakistan and Japan. The Indian captain has been the powerhouse behind India's goal as he has fired in 8 goals leading into the final, the most by any player in the tournament.

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Malaysia stands behind India with 18 goals.Unlike India, where one man has led the attack, Malaysia's goals have come from a number of players. As many as four Malaysian players find their names in the top-six goal-scorers of the tournament with Ashari Firhan being the most successful goal-scorer with four goals.

Clinching the Asian Champions Trophy before the Asian Games in Hangzhou next month would act as a big morale booster. Hence both teams should bring their A game to the fore to clinch this final.

Matches played: 15

India wins: 10

Malaysia wins: 2

Draws: 2

Malaysia:  Muhammad Mohd, Amirul Azahar, H Othman, Deris Mat Zaimi, Shello Silverius, Razie Rahim, Faiz Jali, Najib Hassan, Kamal Azral Abu, K Hamirin, Muhammad Hassan, Najmi Jazlan, Marhan Jalil, Ashran Hamsani, Azuan Hasan, Fitri Saari, Abdu Muhajir, Faizal Saari, R Rosli, Firhan Ashari

India: Jugraj Singh, RP Sreejesh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Krishan Pathak, Harmanpreet Singh, Manpreet Singh, Sumit, Varun Kumar, Sukhjeet Singh, Hardik Singh, Amit Rohidas, Akashdeep Singh, Samsher Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Mandeep Singh, S Karthi, Gurjant Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad.

The final between India and Malaysia will begin at 8.30 PM IST. The match will be broadcast live on the Star Sports network. It will also be streamed live on the FanCode app.