New Delhi. The Indian hockey team has won 3-2 in a thrilling match against Australia in the Olympics 2024. This victory proved to be very important for the Indian team, which is consistently performing well. Both the teams have already reached the quarter-finals, but this victory has further boosted the morale of the Indian team, so that they can perform brilliantly in the knockout matches.
In this match, the Indian team played aggressively from the beginning and kept the pressure on Australia. Abhishek and Harmanpreet Singh scored goals for India, where Abhishek scored one and Harmanpreet scored two goals. On the other hand, Thomas Craig and Blake Govers scored goals for the Australian team. With this win, the Indian hockey team has reached the second position in the points table of Pool B, and they now have 10 points in 5 matches. The Australian team is in third place with 9 points in 5 matches.
Big victory after 52 years
The Indian team has achieved the distinction of defeating Australia in the Olympics after 52 years. The last time India defeated Australia was in the 1972 Olympics. This victory is an important milestone for the Indian hockey team, who are looking for a second consecutive Olympic medal. So far, India have suffered defeat only against Belgium, while in other matches they have performed brilliantly.
India started its Olympic campaign with a win against New Zealand. After this, it played a draw with Argentina and defeated Ireland. In the match against Belgium too, the Indian team dominated the entire match, but in the end they had to face defeat by 1-2.
