Last Updated: December 13, 2022, 19:22 IST
FIH Nations Cup 2022: Indian ladies’s hockey staff (HI)
India are to this point undefeated in Pool B with wins over Chile (3-1) and Japan (2-1) and victory over South Africa would allow them to prime the pool in FIH Hockey Women’s Nations Cup
A semifinal berth already secured, India would look to proceed the momentum and notch up a hat-trick of wins once they tackle lower-ranked South Africa within the FIH Hockey Women’s Nations Cup on Wednesday.
World quantity eight India are to this point undefeated in Pool B with wins over Chile (3-1) and Asian Games nemesis Japan (2-1) and victory in opposition to the twentieth ranked South Africa would allow them to prime the pool, which suggests they received’t run into hosts Spain (seventh ranked) within the semifinals.
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Besides India, Spain have additionally secured a semifinal spot from Pool A with two wins from as many video games.
While Ireland, Italy and Korea all have possibilities to seize the second semifinal spot from Pool A, Chile and Japan will play in a winner-takes-all match in Pool B on Wednesday.
The eight-team event is necessary for India because it brings in a system of promotion-relegation, the place the champions might be promoted to the 2023-24 FIH Hockey Women’s Pro League, a key occasion forward of subsequent 12 months’s Asian Games and 2024 Paris Olympics.
The Indian ladies completed a creditable third of their debut Pro League marketing campaign earlier this 12 months.
The advantage of India’s marketing campaign right here to this point is that they’ve had 5 totally different aim scorers — Sangita Kumari, Sonika, Navneet Kaur, Salima Tete, Beauty Dungdung (first worldwide aim) — within the two matches.
The Indian midfield and forwardline have been spectacular in each the matches.
The likes of Salima Tete, Monika, Neha Goyal, Sonika and Navjot Kaur have held the midfield collectively. They performed with a great construction and rotated the ball with precision to search out the gaps and created possibilities.
The forwardline too has shone shiny with Vandana Katariya, Lalremsiami, Navneet Kaur, Sangita Kumari and Beauty Dungdung all dwelling as much as their billings.
The defence below the watch of Gurjit Kaur and vice-captain Deep Grace Ekka has sometimes slipped however skipper Savita Punia has been a rock below the aim submit.
But, penalty nook conversion stays a giant fear for India’s chief coach Janneke Schopman.
India obtained as many as 9 penalty corners in opposition to Japan on Monday however dragflicker Gurjit minimize a sorry determine because the facet did not convert a single probability.
And come Wednesday, the Indians can be seeking to handle their gray areas earlier than the business finish of the event.
The semifinals might be performed on Friday with the ultimate scheduled for Saturday.
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