India vs Pakistan, Hockey World League Semi-Final, live score: IND 5 PAK 1

India will take on arch-rivals Pakistan in a 5-8 position classification playoff in the Hockey World League Semi-Final in London on Saturday. The winning team will play the 5-6 position match while the losers will go on to take part in the 7-8 classification game. Canada and China are the other two teams in the 5-8 playoffs. Get live score of India vs Pakistan here.
17:14 hrs IST: GOAL! Pakistan finally pull one back through Ajaz Ahmad. But is it too little too late? Probably.
17:07 hrs IST: GOAL! India add to their already commanding lead from a penalty corner. Harmanpreet the scorer in this case.
17:05 hrs IST: Pakistan not doing much to test India in this quarter either. India are comfortably playing at their own pace thanks to their massive lead.
17:01 hrs IST: Q3 is now underway.
16:51 hrs IST: And that’s the end of Q2. India are 4-0 up at the halfway mark.
16:48 hrs IST: AND YET AGAIN! 4-0 up before half-time. This is a drubbing, plain and simple. Ramandeep with the goal.
16:46 hrs IST: GOAL AGAIN! This time it’s Akashdeep who scores. India seem keen to end this game before half time itself.
16:44 hrs IST: GOAL! Talwinder doubles India’s lead.
16:41 hrs IST: Pakistan are still unable to cause too many problems for India. In turn, India would be more than happy with a 1-0 lead at half-time.
16:35 hrs IST: And we are underway with Q2.
16:32 hrs IST: Pakistan need to turn things around quickly, since they need this win a lot more than India do. At the end of Q1 India lead 1-0.
16:24 hrs IST: GOAL! Ramandeep scores for India in the eighth minute! Advantage India.
16:20 hrs IST: Good attack from India but finishing wasn’t up to the mark.
16:15 hrs IST: And we’re underway.
16:11 hrs IST: Both teams line up for their national anthems.
16:00 hrs IST: Since India automatically qualifies as the host nation for the 2018 Hockey World Cup in Bhubaneswar – Pakistan and Canada will be desperate to grab the fifth and sixth slots to remain in the hunt for the tournament.
15:50 hrs IST: Argentina, Malaysia, Netherlands and England have already qualified for the 2018 World Cup by virtue of entering the semi-finals here.
15:40 hrs IST: In the first match of the day, Canada thrashed China 7-3. They’ll now face the winner of India – Pakistan game for 5 – 6 spot.
15:35 hrs IST: Hello and welcome to HT’s live coverage of the HWL 2017 classification playoff game between India – Pakistan.
India had thrashed Pakistan 7-1 earlier in the league phase but both the teams lost their respective quarterfinals on Thursday.
While India went down to Malaysia 2-3, Pakistan lost to reigning Olympic champions Argentina 1-3.