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Updated: Jan 19, 2023 12:27 IST
By Vivek Prabhakar Singh
Bhubaneswar (Odisha)[India], January 19 (ANI): The Indian hockey crew is all set to tackle Wales of their third Pool D match of the FIH Hockey World Cup 2023 on Thursday right here on the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
The Tokyo Olympic bronze medallists should beat Wales by an enormous margin particularly if England beat Spain within the different Pool D match to be able to end on prime.
“Definitely it is a very important match which we have to win by a big margin. We played well against Spain as well as against England but goals were not coming out. You can say that luck was not our way. Team was playing well but the ball was not going to the goal post. We have worked on it and seen our videos too where to create space and from where to hit. We have worked on it in the last few days and idea is to get a good outcome in next few games,” stated Indian hockey crew ahead Mandeep Singh.
Defender Nilam Sanjeep Xess too is focussed and can be conscious of the truth that India should not solely beat Wales however they should hand them a crushing defeat to be able to prime the Pool D.
“Our planning is to win against Wales by a margin of 8-10 goals,” stated Indian defender Nilam Sanjeep Xess whereas talking to ANI.
Indian hockey crew beat Spain 2-0 of their first match of the continuing World Cup in Rourkela on Friday whereas their match towards England on Sunday was a goalless draw.
“Definitely for forwards the responsibility is to score goals. It is not that we have to play individually to score goals. We have to play as a team and pass the ball where needed in order to score the goal. We have to get either PC or a goal going into the ‘D’. If we get PC then we have one of the best drag flickers to score goals,” defined Mandeep Singh.
Indian hockey crew has not been at their finest by way of penalty nook conversion on this match up to now however the skilled ahead Mandeep feels that may change with the crew from now onwards taking part in all their matches in Bhubaneswar.
“The ground in Rourkela was not conducive for our drag flickers. The ball was not coming onto the stick the way it should come. But this ground is different and faster and I think our drag flickers will score goals,” defined Mandeep Singh.
Young Indian defender Nilam Sanjeep Xess is taking part in his first World Cup and so as to add to it he’s taking part in it in his house state Odisha.
“I am very happy that my first World Cup is in my home state Odisha that is why I am very happy. It feels great to play with so much of crowd coming to support you. So, it is a great feeling,” stated Nilam Sanjeep Xess whereas talking to ANI.
Fans have been coming enormous numbers to help the Indian hockey crew and right here in Bhubaneswar additionally it will likely be no totally different.
“I would like to tell the fans to come and support us and we would like to give our best to win the match,” stated Mandeep.
If India prime their pool then they won’t should play the cross over match and furthermore they are going to face a comparatively simpler opponent in quarter-final.
India hockey squad: Abhishek, Surender Kumar, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh, Harmanpreet Singh (captain), Lalit Upadhyay, Krishan Pathak (GK), Nilam Sanjeep Xess, PR Sreejesh (GK), Nilakanta Sharma, Shamsher Singh, Varun Kumar, Akashdeep Singh, Amit Rohidas (vice-captain), Vivek Sagar Prasad and Sukhjeet Singh.Reserve gamers: Jugraj Singh and Rajkumar Pal. (ANI)
Source: www.aninews.in
