CWG 2022 Women’s Hockey: Indian women’s team edge past Canada in a thriller

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 The Indian women’s hockey team showed their skills to edge past Canada in a must-win situation in the final Pool game played at National Exhibition Centre on Wednesday.

It was an ideal start for the Indian team as they asked for a review before Salima Tete scored from a rebound shot after a good save by the Canadian goalkeeper. The Indian team kept the pressure on the Canadian defense as they did not allow their opponents to make circle penetrations. Canadian attackers tried to try, but Indian midfielders did a superb job. At the end of the first quarter, India led 1-0.

The second quarter saw the Indian team dominate with circle penetrations. A superb pass by Lalremsaimi as Navneet Kaur left Candidan goalkeeper struggling in the 22nd minute to give India a 2-0 lead. Canada made a strong comeback with a lovely goal via penalty corner by Stairs the next minute reducing the goal to 1. Canada put pressure on the Indian defense and kept the momentum going. At the end of the first half, India still led 2-1.

It was a decent start for Canada in the third quarter as they kept the pressure on the Indian defense. Hannah Haughn converted from a penalty corner in the 39th minute to level the scores at 2-2. Canada kept the pressure on the Indian defense with 2 penalty corners but failed. At the end of the third quarter, scores remained at 2-2.

The fourth quarter saw the Indian forwards do a counterattack, but the goal was declined due to a stick tackle by Candidan defense before the Indians converted. India then put pressure on the Canadian defense with a penalty corner. Lalremsiami made it 3-2 with a lovely rebound shot in the 51st minute. Candidan Thompson was awarded a green card. The Indian forwards looked solid enough as Candidan team decided to take away the goalkeeper.

It was a superb effort by the Indian team as they earned a semi-finals spot with a 3-2 win. They finished with 2 wins and 2 losses. With this win, end with 9 points winning against Ghana, Wales, and then Canada.

They will now play Australia in the semi-finals on Friday who finished top of the other group with 4 wins out of 4 matches.



 





Indian women's team moves into the semi-finals with a 3-2 win over Canada 

 

 

  

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