Manchester is round 140 kilometres from Birmingham and the venue of one of many greatest triumphs for the Indian ladies’s hockey crew — remaining of the 2002 Commonwealth Video games through which India defeated the host to win their one and the one gold medal within the competitors to date.
India defeated hosts England 3-2 in further time to win the gold medal — coming again to attain the winner within the remaining moments of additional time. The 2 groups are on the trail to collision in Birmingham too as they’re in the identical Pool A with Canada, Wales and Ghana as the opposite groups and can face off of their preliminary spherical match on August 2. Successful that match and topping the group could possibly be essential in order to keep away from robust Australia within the semifinals.
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However just lately India have discovered England a harder nut to crack as in comparison with Australia, whom they defeated within the quarterfinals of the Tokyo Olympic Video games final yr. India had reached the semis for Argentina adopted by a slim defeat to Nice Britain, comprising largely of England gamers, within the third-place match.
So, it’s redemption time for the Indian ladies’s hockey crew as it should intention to recapture the gold medal it gained in 2002. India adopted it up by ending second within the 2006 version.
Staff India can even attempt to redeem itself following a disastrous marketing campaign within the FIH Girls’s World Cup in Amsterdam and Spain as they completed ninth total
India ladies are nonetheless smarting from their ninth place end within the World Cup expertise. Janneke Schopman and her crew arrived in Amsterdam on the again of quite a lot of good FIH Professional League outcomes, together with wins over the Netherlands and Argentina (presently the groups ranked at world primary and two). Nevertheless, on the World Cup, it got here crashing down as India completed ninth after shedding their pool match to New Zealand after which shedding the crossover match to Spain.
With gamers equivalent to penalty nook specialists Gurjit Kaur, goalkeeper, and captain Savita and younger star Lalremsiami, count on India to bounce again in Birmingham.
Although seasoned ahead Rani Rampal will not be within the squad this time round, India did effectively within the qua
The Indian ladies’s crew opens their marketing campaign with a match in opposition to lowly Ghana of their preliminary spherical match. The foremost competitors within the Group stage for India shall be in opposition to England and India shall be hoping to get the higher of them to high their group.
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