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Hockey World Cup HIGHLIGHTS: India beats Spain 2-0 - Scores, Updates, Results, Blog
India opened their 2023 Men's Hockey World Cup campaign with a 2-0 win over Spain.
Indian men's hockey team
India started their 2023 Men's World Cup campaign with a 2-0 win over Spain. Local boy Amit Rohidas opened the scoring for India in the first quarter before midfielder Hardik Singh chipped in with a goal in the second.
Indian captain Harmanpreet Singh missed a penalty stroke by inches in the third quarter as both teams failed to score in the second half despite multiple chances.
With this win, India opened their account in the points table and sit second in their Pool D behind England.
Live Updates
- 13 Jan 2023 3:08 PM GMT
7 minutes left in the match.
Spain miss a golden chance in the Indian circle and India has moved to control possession again.
- 13 Jan 2023 2:59 PM GMT
End of Q3: India 2-0 Spain
India misses quite some chances in this quarter. Shamsher missed an open goal while Harmanpreet saw a stroke saved by Papi and few PCs going wide.
- 13 Jan 2023 2:56 PM GMT
It is wide again from the Indian captain.
The wait for Indian captain to score his first goal goes on as he misses another penalty corner.
- 13 Jan 2023 2:53 PM GMT
26' India misses a golden chance.
Akashdeep creates a brilliant chance on the right hand side and plays the ball in front of the goal mouth but Shamsher misses it somehow.
- 13 Jan 2023 2:51 PM GMT
24' Jarmanpreet has been phenomenal.
Menini runs in from left-hand side in India's circle but Jarmanpreet is there and he dispossesses the Spanish player easily. He has been a rock in the Indian defence today.
