India squandered a 3-1 half-time lead and a 4-3 fourth-quarter advantage before overcoming England on penalties
Posted Date – 08:00 AM, Sun – 6/4/23
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London: India squandered a 3-1 half-time lead and a 4-3 fourth-quarter advantage before beating England on penalties and earning the extra point in Saturday’s FIH Pro Hockey League mini-game. During regular time After falling behind 4-4, India won the penalty shootout 4-2 for a morale-boosting victory.
India, which lost two games last week, came back strong on Friday to beat defending Olympic champions Belgium 5-1. Against Great Britain, the Blue Shirts appeared to be heading for victory when they led 3-1 at half-time.
The hosts created many early chances, forcing India’s goalkeeper Krishan Pathak to make some fine saves.
India’s first real chance came from their first penalty corner, which captain Harmanpreet Singh took full advantage of, scoring a powerful drag from the left corner to give India the lead.
England responded almost immediately, winning a penalty corner just 25 seconds later. ‘am Ward’s drag flick hit a small deflection off the edge of the club for Amit Rohidas’ equalizer.
But the Indians hit them back with two great field goals before half-time in the second quarter, the first being Mandeep Singh’s 99th career goal and the second a bat-in by Sukhjeet Singh.
With just over five minutes remaining in the third period, Ward made sure GB got in touch with his 100th international goal. This time, Pathak couldn’t get enough support on Ward’s shot from the penalty corner.
In the exciting last quarter, Ward completed a hat-trick with a shot to help the British team equalize the score 3-3.
Five minutes later, India regained the lead as Dilpreet Singh, Vivek Prasad and Abishek combined to give their team the lead. But another fine strike from Ward sent the game to penalties in England’s first four-goal shootout. Rupert Shipperley and Phil Roper missed chances and the Indians made all of their chances to win 4-2.
Vivek Prasad, who was named man of the match, said: “It was a really good effort for the team. All the players played well. It’s teamwork – that’s what we win here the reason, because [Great Britain] Is a very tough team… I believe in myself, I don’t worry about who is the tallest or the strongest, but I believe in my skills and the best I can do,” the FIH quoted him in a press release. words.
The penalty shoot-out victory helped India to two points and move up to 24 points from 12 games played.
India now have 26 points from 12 games, two clear of leaders England (26 to 21). Spain is third with 17 points.
With this, India pulled the curtain on their match against England.
India now travels to the Netherlands for the FIH Pro League mini-tournament, where Argentina is also involved. India will face the Netherlands on June 7 and Argentina the next day.
