Indian Men’s Hockey Team
The fourth day of Paris Olympics 2024 is going to be very important for India. The Indian men’s hockey team will face Ireland in their third pool match on Tuesday. They are currently third in their pool after Belgium and Australia. In such a situation, they will have to win this match to enter the top-2. The Indian team, which started its campaign with a 3-2 win against New Zealand, held Argentina to a 1-1 draw in their second match.
Indian hockey team has a big chance
The Paris Olympics have not been very special for Ireland so far. The Irish lost both their opening matches, but gave a tough fight to the Australian team in a close 1-2 defeat on Monday. Earlier, they had lost to Belgium by a margin of 0-2. India’s performance against Ireland has been good anyway. In such a situation, India has a great chance of another win. So far 8 matches have been played between the two teams. During this time, India has won 6 matches and 1 match was won by Ireland. At the same time, 1 match was a draw.
If we talk about the last 5 matches, then India has an upper hand in this too. The Indian team has defeated Ireland 4 times during this period and has lost only once. This will be the second match between the two teams in the Olympics. The Indian hockey team had won the match played before this. In such a situation, the statistics of Team India against Ireland are quite impressive. If it maintains its rhythm, then another victory can come in its bag. Let us tell you, this match between the two teams will start at 4:45 pm.
The most successful team in Olympic history
The Indian hockey team is the most successful team in the history of Olympics. The Indian hockey team has won a total of 8 gold medals so far. It has also won one silver and three bronze medals. The last medal India won was in the 2020 Olympics, when India won the bronze medal. But this medal came after a wait of forty years. This time the country has the highest expectations from the captain of the Indian hockey team, Harmanpreet Singh, he has scored goals in both the matches so far and has given the country victory.
Squad of both teams
India
Goalkeeper: Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran
Defender: Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Harmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Sanjay
Midfielder: Rajkumar Pal, Shamsher Singh, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad
Forward: Abhishek, Sukhjeet Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh
Ireland
Goalkeeper: David Harte
Defender: Tim Cross, Walsh Darragh, Kyle Marshall, Shane O’Donoghue, Peter McKibbin, Lee Cole, Nick Page
Midfielder: Sean Murray, Michael Robson, Peter Brown
Forward: John Mackie, Matthew Nelson, Jeremy Duncan, Benjamin Walker, Ben Johnson
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