India Beat France 4-0. (FIH Image)
Harmanpreet Singh netted a brace, whereas Lalit Upadhyay and Hardik Singh added one every as India bought the higher of France 4-0 in Cape Town on Monday.
The Indian Men’s Hockey Team kicked off their South Africa Tour on Monday with a shocking 4-0 win towards the hosts of Paris Olympics Games France right here in Cape Town. While India’s defence remained resolute with France unable to breach previous the expertise of PR Sreejesh and Krishan Pathak within the goalpost, India scored a flurry of objectives backed by a wonderful PC assault.
India’s first objective got here within the thirteenth minute via Harmanpreet’s distinctive dragflick. He added to his staff’s scoreline within the twenty sixth minute by way of PC, enhancing on his drag flick to attain previous the French goalie.
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Interestingly, India’s third objective too got here off a superb PC variation the place the staff’s skilled ahead Lalit Upadhyay transformed the objective within the forty second minute.
In the forty ninth minute, skilled attacking midfielder and Vice Captain Hardik Singh took India’s result in a formidable 4-0 via a finely executed discipline objective, making certain his staff registered a splendid win.
The week-long event options France, the Netherlands, India and hosts South Africa.
On twenty fourth January, India will face France of their second match, adopted by a match towards hosts South Africa on twenty sixth and can tackle the Netherlands on twenty eighth January.
Source: www.news18.com
