Tokyo Olympics 2021: This is India’s second win in three matches. India had defeated New Zealand 3-2 in their first match but in the second match, they were beaten 7-1 by Australia. With this, India has reached the second position in this pool with six points.
Tokyo. The Indian men’s hockey team defeated Spain 3-0 in their third Pool A match at the Oi Hockey Stadium here on Tuesday. For India, Rupinder Pal Singh (15th and 51st) scored two goals while Simranjit Singh (14th) scored one goal. Rupinder scored one goal from a penalty corner and the other on a penalty stroke while Simranjeet scored a field goal. India got four penalty corners in this match, out of which they could only score in one. Spain, on the other hand, wasted seven penalty corners.
This is India’s second win in three matches. India had defeated New Zealand 3-2 in their first match but in the second match, they were beaten 7-1 by Australia. With this, India has reached the second position in this pool with six points. Australia is at the top of the pool with nine points from three matches. This is Spain’s second defeat in three matches. India now has to play Argentina and hosts Japan.
Simranjeet….that was neat! ????????#IND’s first goal against #ESP in their third #Hockey pool match put the team in a stylish early lead. ????#BestOfTokyo | #Tokyo2020 | #StrongerTogether | #UnitedByEmotion pic.twitter.com/3EifN5gNAt
— #Tokyo2020 for India (@Tokyo2020hi) July 27, 2021
