The Indian men’s hockey team has made it to the semi-finals of Paris Olympics 2024 with a memorable performance. In the quarterfinal match, India defeated Great Britain 4-2 in the shootout. Both the teams were tied at 1-1 for the stipulated 60 minutes, after which a shootout was resorted to. In the shootout, PR Sreejesh made two excellent saves and led India to victory. India will now face the winner of the match between Netherlands and Germany in the semi-finals. This victory is also special for the Indian team because India played with 10 players for 43 minutes.
Sreejesh became emotional after the victory
After winning the quarterfinals in hockey, Indian team goalkeeper Sreejesh said, ‘I told myself that this could be my last match. Or if I save (the goal) then I will get to play 2 more matches. I am very happy to win this match. Let us tell you that India won the match 4-2 in the shootout. This is Sreejesh’s last Olympics. He has already announced his retirement.
There was a tough fight between the two teams in the first quarter, but no goal could be scored. Great Britain got a penalty corner in the fourth minute of the game, but the goal could not be scored. Then after a few seconds, Great Britain got a penalty corner, but Amit Rohidas saved India by making a brilliant block. Great Britain got two more chances to score, but Indian goalkeeper PR Sreejesh made brilliant saves. Then Britain got the third penalty corner of this quarter, but Sreejesh made a brilliant save and broke England’s hopes. India also got three consecutive penalty corners, but captain Harmanpreet Singh could not score.
The Indian team, which won the Olympic medal in Tokyo after 41 years, was placed in Pool-B in the Paris Olympics. The Indian team had defeated New Zealand 3-2 in its first 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 has defeated Australia in the Olympic Games after 52 years. This is the first time since the 1972 Munich Olympics that India has defeated Australia in the Olympics.
Apart from India, New Zealand, Argentina, Ireland, Belgium and Australia were kept in Pool-B. Whereas Pool-A includes Netherlands, Germany, Britain, Spain, South Africa and host country France. Four teams each from both the groups are going to reach the quarter finals. India has reached the quarter-finals by finishing second in Pool-B. While Belgium remained on top in Pool-B. Australia and Argentina also reached the quarter-finals from Pool-B. Netherlands, Great Britain, Germany and Spain made it to the quarter-finals from Pool-A.
Indian hockey team for Paris Olympics 2024
goalkeeper😛 R Sreejesh.
defender: Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, 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.