Indian eves emulate men's team: Vandana Katariya & Co beat China 2-1 to win maiden Asian Champions Trophy title

Singapore: The Indian women's hockey team lifted its maiden Asian Champions Trophy title with a thrilling 2-1 win over China in the final, here today.

Deepika slotted the rebound from a penalty corner in the 60th minute of the game to give her team a memorable victory.

Deep Grace Ekka converted a penalty corner to give India the early lead in the 13th minute before China equalised in the 44th minute through a field goal from Zhong Mengling.

The welcome result for the Indian women's team comes days after men beat Pakistan to reclaim the Asian Champions Trophy in Kuantan, Malaysia. India's best finish in the Women's Asian Champions Trophy came in the last edition in 2013 when it finished runner-up to Japan. It had finished third in the inaugural edition in 2010.

Here are some Tweets of other hockey players:

BIG CONGRATULATIONS !!!#India beat #China 2-1 in final to lift Women's #AsianChampionsTrophy2016 #hockey title. pic.twitter.com/GW5LmK8NLR — Doordarshan Sports (@ddsportschannel) November 5, 2016

Congratulations to Indian Women's Hockey team on defeating China 2-1 to clinch Asian Champions Trophy 2016 #ACT2016 #INDvCHN pic.twitter.com/az5gDRjcFd — Haryana BJP (@BJP4Haryana) November 5, 2016

Congratulations to Indian Women's Hockey team on defeating China 2-1 to clinch Asian Champions Trophy 2016 #ACT2016 #INDvCHN pic.twitter.com/az5gDRjcFd — Haryana BJP (@BJP4Haryana) November 5, 2016

Well done Indian Eves beating China 2-1 in ACT Finals in Singapore! — Roelant Oltmans (@OltmansOltmans) November 5, 2016

Winning is become an habit for these girls ... congratulation women's team for snatching the gold #asianchampionstrophy2016 @TheHockeyIndia — sreejesh p r (@16Sreejesh) November 5, 2016