DOHA: Indian men’s hockey team on Sunday beat Great Britain 3-1 to enter the Olympic semifinals after 40 years.
This was also India’s first win over Great Britain on astro-turf at the Olympics and the first time they secured a semifinal berth 4 winning the gold at the in 1980 Moscow Games.
India will now meet Belgium in the last four.
Dilpreet Singh and Gurjant Singh’s field goals have put India well ahead of their opponents in this match as they headed into the final half of 2 quarters.
Sam Ward scores through a penalty corner to pull one goal back for GBR just before the end of the third quarter.
Superb tackling from the defence line, particularly Amit Rohidas, has helped India save back-to-back penalty corners from Great Britain, who took 6 already and converted once through Ward.
Hardik Singh scored India’s 3rd field goal to almost secure his team’s place in the semifinals, just over three minutes left in the match.
He scored on the counter-attack after running nearly the entire length of the pitch, beating at least 2 GBR defenders to find the back of the net on his second attempt.
