Vandana Kataria has become the first Indian woman player in Olympic history to score a hat-trick in hockey.
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Indian women’s hockey team player Vandana Kataria created history in Tokyo Olympics. In the match against South Africa, he scored three goals and played a key role in the team’s victory. With this, Vandana has become the first Indian woman player in Olympic history to score a hat-trick in hockey. No Indian had scored a hat-trick in the Olympics after 1984. Thanks to Vandana’s brilliant game, the Indian team was able to win their last Group A match and kept the quarterfinal hopes alive.
Talking about the match, the Indian women’s hockey team defeated South Africa 4-3 in their last group match. With this, the Indian team secured its second victory at the Tokyo Olympics and finished fourth in the group.
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2️⃣/2️⃣ successful penalty corner attempts by #IND's Vandana Katariya in their clash against #RSA today! She became the first Indian woman to score a hat-trick at the Olympics.#Tokyo2020 | #UnitedByEmotion | #StrongerTogether | #Hockey pic.twitter.com/VxSUwJOA7s
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Mathematics for reaching the quarterfinals
Now India will have to depend on the match between Great Britain and Ireland to reach the quarterfinals. As per the rules, four teams from each group will reach the quarterfinals, but at present, the Indian team is fourth in Group A after playing all their matches. While Great Britain is third after playing four matches and Ireland is fifth after playing the same number of matches.
Now the teams of Great Britain and Ireland will play the last match of the group and will face each other. In this, if Britain’s team wins or the match plays a draw, then in such a situation India will reach the quarterfinals. But if Ireland wins, India will be out of the Olympics.
