In the Paris Olympics 2024, the Indian men’s hockey team had to face defeat in the semi-finals. In the semi-finals played on 6 August, India had to face defeat by 2-3 at the hands of Germany. Gonzalo Peillat (18th minute), Christopher Ruhr (27th minute) and Marco Miltkau (54th minute) scored for Germany. Harmanpreet Singh (7th minute) and Sukhjeet Singh (36th minute) scored goals for India. Now the Indian team will face Spain in the bronze medal match on August 8.
On the other hand, Germany team will face Netherlands in the final to be held on August 8. Netherlands had defeated Spain 4-0 in the semi-final match. Let us tell you that the Indian team reached the semi-finals by defeating Great Britain 4-2 in the shootout. On the other hand, Germany defeated Argentina 3-2 in the quarter-final match.
In the semi-finals, the Indian team started aggressively and dominated the first quarter. Captain Harmanpreet Singh gave India the lead by scoring a goal in the 7th minute of the game. Germany definitely made a comeback in the second quarter and scored two goals. First Gonzalo Peillat did not waste the opportunity at the penalty corner. Then Christopher Ruhr scored a brilliant goal on the penalty stroke due to a mistake by Germanpreet Singh.
The Indian team was placed in Pool-B in the Paris Olympics. The Indian team had defeated New Zealand 3-2 in its first pool match. Then he played a 1-1 draw against Argentina. After this, the Indian team defeated Ireland 2-0 in the third match. However, it had to face a 1-2 defeat against Tokyo Olympics champion Belgium. In this match, the Indian team defeated Australia 3-2. Indian hockey team defeated Australia in the Olympic Games after 52 years. Apart from India, there were also teams from New Zealand, Argentina, Ireland, Belgium and Australia in Pool-B. Pool-A included Netherlands, Germany, Britain, Spain, South Africa and host country France. Four teams each from both the groups had reached the quarter finals.
Indian hockey team for Paris Olympics 2024
goalkeeper😛 R Sreejesh.
defender: Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas (out of semi-finals), Harmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Sanjay.
midfielder: Rajkumar Pal, Shamsher Singh, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad.
Forward: Abhishek, Sukhjit Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh.
alternative player : Neelkant Sharma, Jugraj Singh, Krishna Bahadur Pathak.