In comparison, hosts India have had the luxury of not just playing all their matches at 8:15 pm, in the company of a slight breeze, but have also got enough recovery time for their players. Malaysia, who played the late evening game against India, which they lost 0-5, had only a 16-hour turnaround before they faced Japan in Monday’s first game. In such extreme conditions, just weeks ahead of the Hangzhou Asian Games, Korea have endured three back-to-back 4:15 pm starts. With humidity too on the higher side and breeze non-existent, teams have been struggling to maintain intensity. In what is a second summer in Chennai, where afternoon temperatures have been touching 40 degree Celsius in certain pockets, it has tested the players to the core. To say the Asian Champions Trophy has been gruelling on players would be a massive understatement.
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