Tigers moving up the ranks after breakthrough in Ipoh

Striking figure: Shello Silverius receiving the Player of the Tournament award from Sultan of Perak Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah.

PETALING JAYA: Speedy Tigers are no more the nearly men in hockey.

After missing the mark on too many occasions, the superiorly fit Malaysian team buried their final jinx and did it in style to upstage nemesis South Korea with a 3-2 win at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh on Thursday night.