New Delhi. Defeating the hopes of crores of fans, the Indian hockey team has been knocked out of the World Cup and has been shown the way out by New Zealand after tasting defeat. Yes…let us tell you that first the match went to penalty shootout after the score was equal to 3-3 till full time but later the match came to par in penalty shootout. On the other hand, Shamsher Singh, playing for India, had a good chance to take the team to the threshold of victory, but he missed an important goal, which resulted in India losing 4-5 in the shootout. Gone.
Heartbreak for India as they bow out from FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela. Here are some crucial moments from the game.
??IND 3-3 NZL??
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On the other hand, if we talk about the quarter-wise performance of the Indian team, then in the first quarter the team could not perform well, but in the second quarter, Lalit Upadhyay and Sukhjit Singh contributed a lot to the team by scoring goals. In this way Team India took a 2-0 lead.
Goal! New Zealand levels the score, final 10 mins going to be a roller coaster ride for hockey fans.
??IND 3-3 NZL??#HockeyIndia #IndiaKaGame #HWC2023 #HockeyWorldCup2023 @CMO_Odisha @sports_odisha @IndiaSports @Media_SAI @BlackSticks
— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) January 22, 2023
On the other hand, if we talk about New Zealand’s performance, Sam Lane scored the first goal in the 28th minute. On the other hand, if we talk about the performance of the Indian team in the third quarter, Varun Kumar tried to convert the penalty into a goal to bring the team to victory, but to no avail. After which India went ahead 3-1. New Zealand got a penalty in the 43rd minute and Ken Russell scored. After this the score became 3-2. Sean Findlay converted a penalty in the 49th minute to bring the match to an exciting turn. At the same time, during the penalty shootout from India, many players made a big contribution by scoring goals. Which includes Harmanpreet Singh, Rajkumar Pal and Sukhjit Singh.
However, later Harmanpreet Singh, Sukhjit Singh and Shamsher Singh missed goals in the sedan death, after which New Zealand won the crown by scoring a rich goal, while India tasted defeat at the same hands. However, now New Zealand’s quarter-final match is with Belgium. In such a situation, the eyes of sports fans will be focused on the performance of both the teams.