India vs New Zealand highlights, Paris Olympics 2024: Harmanpreet Singh scored from a penalty stroke with two minutes left in their Paris Olympics campaign opener against New Zealand to hand India a 3-2 win on Saturday.
Thanks to goals from Mandeep Singh and Vivek Sagar Prasad, the Indian men’s hockey team had managed to claw back from a 0-1 deficit to a 2-1 lead by the third quarter of their Paris Olympics campaign opener However, Simon Child scored a goal with just over seven minutes left to level the scores at 2-2. The score was at 2-2 till two minutes before the full time, when India were awarded a stroke, which Harmanpreet Singh converted.
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The Indians are clubbed along side reigning champions Belgium, mighty Australia, Argentina, New Zealand and Ireland in a tough Pool B, while Pool A consists of Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, South Africa and hosts France. Four teams from each pool will progress to the quarterfinals.
Under Fulton, there has been a shift in strategy — from emphasising attack to also prioritising defence, while being flexible at the same time. India secured direct ticket to Paris by winning the Asian Games gold in 2023, and has had decent results in the build-up to the Games. In the Bhubaneswar and Rourkela legs of the FIH Pro League in February, India beat Spain twice, won and lost against the Netherlands once each, lost against Australia twice, and beat Ireland twice.
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