India’s men’s team made a great start in hockey, beat New Zealand 3-2 – Sreejesh became a hero by making 4 defenses in the last 3 minutes
India’s men’s hockey team started its journey on the turf of Tokyo Olympics with a win. He defeated New Zealand in his first match. India won this match 3-2. Harmanpreet Singh and Sreejesh had a special contribution in winning the match while the Indian hockey team performed well in their first match. During this, a great match was seen from both the teams. With this win, Manpreet Singh’s team has got the tonic it needed to move ahead. India’s 3 goals against New Zealand were scored by two players. Harmanpreet Singh scored 2 goals while Rupinder Pal Singh scored one goal. Attacking and exciting hockey was seen from both the teams in the match.
The first goal of the match came from New Zealand. The Kiwis scored a goal in the first 2 minutes of the match to take a 1-0 lead. But after this, India leveled the match by scoring a goal through a penalty corner. The first goal for India on New Zealand’s goalpost came from Harmanpreet Singh’s stick. The first charter of the match between the two teams ended in a 1-1 draw.
In the second and third quarters of the match, India took the lead in the match. Rupinder Pal Singh scored the second goal on New Zealand’s goalpost for India. While the third goal was once again scored by Harmanpreet Singh. However, at the end of the third charter, the New Zealand player scored the first field goal of the match to bring the match to 3-2.
The fourth quarter of the match was goalless but the most exciting happened. In this charter, New Zealand made several attempts to put the ball in the Indian goalpost, although it failed. In the fourth charter when New Zealand got 3 penalty corners in the last 3 minutes. But Indian goalkeeper Sreejesh stood as a wall between his efforts. Indian goalkeeper Sreejesh thwarted all New Zealand’s attempts to score a corner goal, due to which India managed to win the match 3-2. India’s next match will be even bigger, where they face Australia. This match between the two teams will be held on Sunday.
