Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian men’s hockey team reach semi-finals

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 The Indian men’s hockey team defeated Great Britain in a thrilling 4th quarterfinal played at the Oi Hockey Stadium, North Pitch on Sunday.

Great Britain began the first quarter on an aggressive note, but the Indian defenders blocked the shot and regained possession. A superb pass by Simranjeet Singh and Dilpreet Singh converted into a goal in the 7th minute to give India a 1-0 lead. Great Britain put the Indian defense under pressure and kept them on the backfoot. It was an amazing performance by both teams as India ended the first quarter at 1-0.

The Indian men’s hockey team got off to an ideal start as Gurjant Singh received the pass inside the circle in the 16th minute to give them a 2-0 lead. Dilpreet Singh was awarded green and had to sit out for 2 minutes. Despite Great Britain pressing hard, the Indian defense remained calm. At the end of the first half, India led 2-0.

Rupinder Pal Singh was shown a green card by the umpire at the start of the 3rd quarter. Great Britain put enough pressure on Indian defense. Soon after, Liam Ansell also received a green card to the level playing field. Great Britain dominated the possession and looked in complete control. They finally got the result by earning 3 back-to-back penalty corners. Despite saving the first 2 penalty corners, Samuel Ward converted a rebound shot into the goal in the 45th minute to make it 1-2 in favor of India.

Great Britain began the fourth quarter on an aggressive note as they earned a penalty corner but were not able to do anything with it. GB earned another PC, but this time P Sreejesh saved from going into a goal. The Indian captain Manpreet Singh was given a yellow card for the diving tackle. GB striker made another attempt on goal, but Sreejesh saved another superb goal.

Nilkanata won the ball and initiated a counterattack as Hardik shot was saved by the GB goalkeeper but a rebound smashed it into a goal in 57th minute to give India a 3-1 lead. Great Britain removed the goalkeeper and then received a yellow card. India played their hearts out winning it 3-1.

With this win, India reached the semi-finals of the Olympics after a long time. They will now face Belgium in 1st semi-finals.  



 





Indian men's hockey team beat Great Britain to reach semi-finals of Tokyo Olympics 2020 

 

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