Indian Hockey Team, Paris Olympics 2024: Team India made a strong start in the Olympics, defeated New Zealand in a thrilling match
Indian men's hockey team started its campaign at the Paris Olympics 2024 with a win. On Saturday (July 27), India defeated New Zealand 3-2 in their first match of Pool B.
Ankush Pandey
Indian men's hockey team has made a great start to its campaign for the Paris Olympics in 2024. On Saturday (July 27), India defeated New Zealand 3-2 in their first match of Pool B. Mandeep Singh (24th minute), Vivek Sagar Prasad (34th minute) and captain Harmanpreet Singh (59th minute) scored goals for India. On the other hand, Sam Lane (8th minute) and Simon Child (53rd minute) scored goals for New Zealand. The Indian team, which won an Olympic medal after 41 years in Tokyo, will now play against Rio Olympic champion Argentina in the next match of Pool B on July 29 and the Indian team, which lost nine penalty corners in this match, will have to overcome this deficiency.
This is how the match of both teams was
New Zealand had a great start in the match and took the lead in the 8th minute. On the other hand, India did not score any goals in the first quarter. In the 9th minute of the second quarter, Mandeep Singh scored a goal on the rebound to give India a draw. Till halftime, both teams were tied at 1-1. In the third quarter, Vivek Sagar scored a goal for India to give India the lead. The last quarter was very exciting.
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— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) July 27, 2024
India ???????? 3️⃣ - 2️⃣ ???????? New Zealand
Mandeep Singh 24'
Vivek Sagar Prasad 34'
Harmanpreet Singh 59' (PS)
Lane Same 8' (PC)
Child Simon 53' (PC)
Just the start we wanted in our first game of the group stage against New Zealand. ????????
3 Points in the bag, One Win - One game… pic.twitter.com/XxBZr0MUGm
In this quarter, New Zealand got three consecutive penalty corners in the 52nd minute and Child scored an equalizer on the rebound in the third, shocking the Indian camp. This was the 147th goal of Child, who has played 307 international matches so far. After this, India got a penalty stroke on the counter-attack in the 59th minute, which Harmanpreet converted into a goal. In other matches of Pool B, Belgium defeated Ireland 2-0 and Australia defeated Argentina 1-0.
The Indian hockey team has been placed in Pool B. Apart from India, Pool B has New Zealand, Argentina, Ireland, Belgium, and Australia. Pool A includes the Netherlands, Germany, Britain, Spain, South Africa, and the host country, France. India should have no problem in winning the match against Ireland. But to win against Argentina, Belgium, and Australia, it will have to perform at its best. The Indian team will face Argentina on 29 July. Then India will face Ireland on 30 July, Belgium on 1, and Australia on 2 August.
Indian Hockey Team for Paris Olympics 2024
- Goalkeeper: PR Sreejesh.
- Defenders: Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Harmanpreet Singh, Sumit, and Sanjay.
- Midfielders: Rajkumar Pal, Shamsher Singh, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, and Vivek Sagar Prasad.
- Forwards: Abhishek, Sukhjeet Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh, and Gurjant Singh.
- Substitute players: Neelkant Sharma, Jugraj Singh, and Krishna Bahadur Pathak.
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