Mohali, Nov. 4 -- Shilanand Lakra and Dilpreet Singh struck a brace each as five-time champions India thrashed South Korea 8-1 in the second semifinal to enter the men's Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament final here on Wednesday.
Lakra scored in the fourth and 13th minutes, while Dilpreet found the target in the 21st and 25th minutes. Captain Harmanpreet Singh (9th), Sukhjeet Singh (21st), Angad Bir Singh (36th) and Vivek Sagar Prasad (54th) were the other goal scorers for India who made it to the final for a record-extending seventh time.
Sangjun Han (9th minute) pulled one back for South Korea.
Asian Games gold winners India will face Japan in the final on Thursday.
Japan beat Malaysia in the penalty shootout 5-3 after the two teams were locked goal-less in the regulation time in the first semifinal earlier in the day.
India had beaten South Korea 8-0 in the round-robin stage also.
The hosts remained unbeaten in the tournament so far. They had topped the six-team round-robin league after winning all their five matches.
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