The Indian men’s hockey team, reduced to 10 men in the second quarter, defeated Great Britain 4-2 in a shootout in Paris Olympics on Sunday.Harmanpreet Singh (22’) opened India’s account to register his seventh goal of the tournament while Lee Morton (27’) scored Great Britain’s only goal with the India vs Great Britain hockey match ending in a 1-1 draw after full time.. The match had finished 1-1 in normal time as India played for most of 3 quarters with 10 men as Amit Rohidas was given a red card. The Indian team was one man down for about 42 minutes, but the 10 players in the middle fought like warriors throughout the match and took it into the penalties. The Indian penalty takers held their nerves well in the shootout and converted their chances but it was Sreejesh who once again proved to be the Great Wall of India with a couple of incredible saves.
Great Britain had a few terrific opportunities in the final few minutes of the final quarter as well but failed to find a way past the stringent Indian defence.In the shootout, Harmanpreet Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay and Rajkumar Pal scored for India. For Great Britain, Connor Williamson fired his shot wide, while Sreejesh saved Phillip Roper’s attempt.In the Paris 2024 Olympics hockey semi-finals, India will play the winner of the quarter-finals between Germany and Argentina on Tuesday.
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