POTCHEFSTROOM (South Africa): Olympic bronze medalist India made its debut FIH Pro League Hockey On Tuesday, they performed brilliantly as they defeated France 5-0.
After a barren first quarter, India scored three goals in the second before finding the target twice in the third.
India got four penalty corners in the match, out of which they scored two runs. France got three PCs but all were ruined.
Harmanpreet Singh And Varun Kumar Goals from penalty corners were scored in the 21st and 24th minutes respectively before Shamsher Singh scored a field goal in the 28th minute to make it 3-0.
Mandeep Singh (32nd) and Akashdeep Singh (41st) completed the table for India winning a historic Olympic bronze medal after 41 years at the Tokyo Games.
Playing in their first match of the year, world number three India took some time to settle down in the first 15-minute quarter. But once they found a measure of their opponents, the Manpreet Singh-led side held their lead and dominated their opponents for the remaining three quarters.
Neelkanth Sharma got a chance at the beginning of the match but he hit the shot. India got one penalty corner after another in the first quarter but France’s defense stood firm and defended them well.
India began their dominance in the second quarter and secured a third penalty corner to take the lead in the 21st minute. Drag-flicker Harmanpreet made no mistake off PC, drilling a low shot to the right of the France goalkeeper.
Three minutes later, India got another penalty corner, their fourth of the match, and this time Varun Kumar scored to make it 2–0, sending a shot nearly as low as the first goal.
13th-ranked France, who replaced Canada in the FIH Pro League last month when the North American country withdrew due to COVID-19 restrictions, got their first penalty corner in the 27th minute, But the Indians defended against losses.
Soon after defending PC, the Indians launched a swift counter-attack, resulting in their third goal in the 28th minute. Shamsher Singh slammed a helpless French goalkeeper with the help of Abhishek.
India had 14 shots in the opposition goal in the first half against France’s five and Graham Reid’s side continued to set conditions in the match even after the half-time break.
Mandeep Singh, playing in his 200th international match, made it 4-0 in the third quarter to 4-0 in two minutes before scoring 5-0 with another field goal in the 41st minute of Akashdeep Singh, playing in his 200th international. done. Reverse Sweep.
France got a penalty corner in the 48th minute but could not score.
There were no goals in the fourth quarter but the Indians would be satisfied with their performance.
India will take on hosts South Africa in their second match on Wednesday.
After a barren first quarter, India scored three goals in the second before finding the target twice in the third.
India got four penalty corners in the match, out of which they scored two runs. France got three PCs but all were ruined.
Harmanpreet Singh And Varun Kumar Goals from penalty corners were scored in the 21st and 24th minutes respectively before Shamsher Singh scored a field goal in the 28th minute to make it 3-0.
Mandeep Singh (32nd) and Akashdeep Singh (41st) completed the table for India winning a historic Olympic bronze medal after 41 years at the Tokyo Games.
Playing in their first match of the year, world number three India took some time to settle down in the first 15-minute quarter. But once they found a measure of their opponents, the Manpreet Singh-led side held their lead and dominated their opponents for the remaining three quarters.
Neelkanth Sharma got a chance at the beginning of the match but he hit the shot. India got one penalty corner after another in the first quarter but France’s defense stood firm and defended them well.
India began their dominance in the second quarter and secured a third penalty corner to take the lead in the 21st minute. Drag-flicker Harmanpreet made no mistake off PC, drilling a low shot to the right of the France goalkeeper.
Three minutes later, India got another penalty corner, their fourth of the match, and this time Varun Kumar scored to make it 2–0, sending a shot nearly as low as the first goal.
13th-ranked France, who replaced Canada in the FIH Pro League last month when the North American country withdrew due to COVID-19 restrictions, got their first penalty corner in the 27th minute, But the Indians defended against losses.
Soon after defending PC, the Indians launched a swift counter-attack, resulting in their third goal in the 28th minute. Shamsher Singh slammed a helpless French goalkeeper with the help of Abhishek.
India had 14 shots in the opposition goal in the first half against France’s five and Graham Reid’s side continued to set conditions in the match even after the half-time break.
Mandeep Singh, playing in his 200th international match, made it 4-0 in the third quarter to 4-0 in two minutes before scoring 5-0 with another field goal in the 41st minute of Akashdeep Singh, playing in his 200th international. done. Reverse Sweep.
France got a penalty corner in the 48th minute but could not score.
There were no goals in the fourth quarter but the Indians would be satisfied with their performance.
India will take on hosts South Africa in their second match on Wednesday.
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