Indian hockey team will start the mission
Paris Olympics 2024 Indian Hockey Team: The Indian hockey team won the bronze medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. After years, India managed to win an Olympic medal in its oldest sport. Since then, the performance of the hockey team has been excellent. This time too, India is hopeful of a medal under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Singh. However, this time the color of the medal should be changed. It can be silver or gold. Talking about the Indian men’s hockey team, its campaign will start from July 27. India has been placed in Group B, where there are already many strong and powerful teams. In such a situation, this path is not going to be easy at all.
Indian hockey team’s first match in Paris Olympics will be against New Zealand on 27th July
The Indian men’s hockey team will be in Paris for their second consecutive Olympic medal. India will face New Zealand in their first match on 27 July. This match will be played from 9 PM Indian time. Before this match, Indian men’s hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh expressed confidence in his and the team’s preparations. Talking about New Zealand, the Indian captain said that they have been a strong opponent for India.
New Zealand a strong opponent
Harmanpreet Singh said that we have always seen New Zealand as a strong opponent and discussed it in detail during our team brief. It is good to be reminded of the World Cup match against them, so we know that we cannot lose momentum at any point in the match. It is important for us to start well and maintain the pressure throughout the game.
Indian hockey team has made strong preparations before the Olympics
Before arriving in Paris, the Indian team in Europe has participated in a 3-day mental conditioning camp in Switzerland. Along with this, they have played high-octane practice matches against Malaysia, Netherlands, Germany and Great Britain, which they are expected to benefit from on the Olympic stage. The captain said that before arriving in Paris, we played some very good practice matches and the experience as a team in Switzerland was something unique, which we have never done before. We are in a good state mentally and physically to start our campaign.
Many strong teams in India’s group
India has been placed in a group with Olympic champions Belgium, Argentina, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand. If India has to maintain its dominance as the most successful men’s hockey team in Olympic history, then it will have to show its best performance. Anyway, one of the senior players of the team, PR Sreejesh, has said that this will be his last Olympics. In such a situation, the team will try its best to win a medal in hockey this time too, so that Indian hockey is able to leave its mark again in the same way as it used to do in the past.
Indian Hockey Team for Paris Olympics 2024
Goalkeeper: PR Sreejesh
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
Alternate players: Neelkant Sharma, Jugraj Singh, Krishna Bahadur Pathak
Indian Hockey Team Olympic Schedule
India vs New Zealand: July 27 (9 PM IST)
India vs Argentina: July 29 (4:15 PM IST)
India vs Ireland: July 30 (4:45 PM IST)
India vs Belgium: August 1 (1:30 PM IST)
India vs Australia: August 2 (4:45 PM IST)
Group A: Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, France, South Africa
Group B: Belgium, India, Australia, Argentina, New Zealand, Ireland
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