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India vs New Zealand Men's Hockey Olympics 2024: Harmanpreet Singh's Late Goal Sees India Beat NZ In Thriller
India vs New Zealand LIVE Men's Hockey Olympics 2024: India defeated New Zealand 3-2 in their Pool B opener
IND vs NZ Men's Hockey Olympics 2024: India players celebrate© AFP
India vs New Zealand, Men's Hockey Olympics 2024 Pool B: India captain Harmanpreet Singh scored in the dying minutes to help India start their Paris Olympics 2024 hockey campaign with a 3-2 win against New Zealand on Saturday. It was a thriller right from the start, as India conceded many penalty corners. After Sam Lane scored for New Zealand, Mandeep Singh equalised for India. Vivek Sagar Prasad then gave India the lead, before Simon Child equalised. Harmanpreet Singh then scored from a penalty stroke in the 59th minute to make it 3-2 for India.
Here are the Highlights from India vs New Zealand, Men's Hockey Olympics 2024 match, straight from the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium:
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- 22:46 (IST)The goal scored in the 59th minute by Harmanpreet Singh was the differentiator in a match which could have gone either ways. Though India looked to be the more dominant side. New Zealand did not let go so easily and equalised in the fourth quarter. However, the late goal by Harmanpreet did the magic for India.
- 22:03 (IST)Ind vs NZ Live: India save 4 penalty corners!Immediately, after India took the lead, New Zealand launched an attack and got penalty corner. In fact, they got four back-to-back PCs but India's defence led by PR Sreejesh stood stronf to hold the lead. Only six minutes remain in this third quarter.
- 21:56 (IST)Olympics Hockey Live: Is it a goal?India SCORE? Vivek Sagar Prasad scores from open play after a goal-line milieu. The positioning was great after Mandeep tried hard to put the ball in the goal post. The NZ have taken a referral! The question is whether the ball has fully crossed the goal-line!
- 21:43 (IST)Olympics Hockey Live: It's half-time!The second quarter ends! Mandeep Singh's 24th minute goal has restored parity for India vs New Zealand. India need to win this match. The Pool B has teams like Australia, Belgium, Argentina and Irelnd. If India can win this match, they will be in a great position to qualify for the quarter-finals.
- 21:23 (IST)India vs New Zealand, Olympics Men's Hockey: No PC so farMeanwhile, the broadcasters show the message of Craig Fulton at the break. He says that India should not directly try to make circle entry but instead they should rotate and make circle entry. The worrying part is that India have not been able to get a single PC so far.
- 21:06 (IST)Olympics Hockey Live: Inidia's starting XI
Here's our starting XI to face New Zealand Let the quest for Olympic gold begin!#HockeyIndia #IndiaKaGame #HockeyLayegaGold #Paris2024 #Hockey #IndiaAtParis #Cheer4Bharat #IndiavsNewZealand #WinItForSreejesh
— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) July 27, 2024
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.@cmo_odisha @sports_odisha @Media_SAI @IndiaSports... pic.twitter.com/9esz2aulep - 20:57 (IST)India vs New Zealand, Olympics Men's Hockey: India's Playing XIHere's India's playing XI for their first Olympics 2024 men's hockey game:Harmanpreet Singh (C), PR Sreejesh (GK), Jarmanpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Mandeep Singh, Amit Rohidas, Sumit, Rajkumar Pal, Manpreet Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Abhishek.
- 20:38 (IST)India vs New Zealand, Olympics Men's Hockey: Difficult pool for IndiaThe eight-time Olympic gold medalists have been placed alongside Belgium (rank 3), Australia (rank 4), Argentina (rank 6), New Zealand (rank 10) and Ireland (rank 11) in Pool B. It is a difficult group for India to overcome.
- 20:35 (IST)India vs New Zealand, Olympics Men's Hockey: Going for a medalIndia will be eyeing a medal. The team, led by Harmanpreet Singh, are ranked 7th in the world. But, remember that historic bronze in Tokyo? It was India's first Olympic hockey medal in 41 years. India would be aiming to replicate that.
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