Tokyo Hockey Olympics | Enters semi-final of Olympics men's hockey, India beats Great Britain 3-1

EduTech Aman TOKYO, AUGUST 01, 2021 19:25 IST 

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India celebrates after scoring for Hardik Singh against Great Britain. | Photo Credit: REUTERS 

India will battle title holders Belgium inside the elimination round on Tuesday 

The Indian men's group finished a 41-year stand-by to frame it to the award round at the Olympics as they secured a 3-1 believer Great Britain at the Oi Hockey Stadium on Sunday to progress to the elimination round. 

England saw a greater amount of the ball at first and looked threatening, however, India started to lead the pack inside the seventh moment contrary to the rules. Simranjeet Singh won the ball at the sting of the D and flawlessly played it to Dilpreet Singh, who changed over from short proximity. 

 

Splendid save 

India goalkeeper P.R. Sreejesh accomplished a fine save to deny Samuel Ward before long as Britain pushed for an equalizer. 

Graham Reid's side multiplied its lead inside the space of seconds of the second quarter when Hardik Singh won the ball and found Gurjant Singh. 

Gurjant skilfully turned 180 degrees to mesh past his marker and snuck it into objective past Britain's goalkeeper Ollie Payne. 

Raising the stakes 

The Indian guard tended to a flood of assaults inside the second from last quarter as Britain raised the stakes, and overwhelmed ownership. The Indian backline was caused to remain alert, however, Britain did not have the last touch. 

Having wasted two punishment corners, it at last changed over off its third inside the 45th moment as Ward tracked down the back of the web. 

The last quarter-hour was a cheeky undertaking — the Indians needed to carry on to their thin one-objective lead, while the British kept on playing in all-out attack mode. 

Sreejesh brought all his ability as he made many a save to remain British cornered. 

Yellow for Manpreet 

India's undertaking turned out to be considerably harder when captain Manpreet Singh was shown a yellow card with six minutes on the clock and needed to sit down out. 

The British enjoyed the individual benefit however didn't make the most of it as Hardik Singh got India's third inside the 57th moment. 

Solo run 

The 22-year-old went on a performance run during a counter-assault and advanced towards the resistance objective. He had his initial shot saved however scored on the bounce back. 

Minutes after the fact, the Indian camp broke into enthusiastic festivals after fixing the success. 

They had recently made a stride nearer to their fantasy about bringing back Indian hockey's Olympic greatness days. 

"We are extremely happy since we are arriving at the elimination round after a drawn-out time. The competition did not finish at this point and that we had the opportunity to keep our feet on the base and have practical experience in the ensure match," said Manpreet. 

The Indians will battle Rio 2016 silver medallist and ruling best on the planet Belgium, which beat Spain 3-1 inside the last eight, inside the elimination round on August 3.