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India stun world champions Germany 3-2 in first match after World Cup debacle

PTI
Updated: March 10th, 2023, 22:37 IST
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India stun world champions Germany 3-2 in first match after World Cup debacle

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Rourkela: Striker Sukhjeet Singh struck a second-half brace as India stunned reigning world champions Germany 3-2 in the FIH Pro League hockey, their first outing after the World Cup debacle, here Friday.

The 26-year-old Sukhjeet, one of the players who survived the axe after India’s shock pre-quarterfinal exit in the World Cup in January, scored in the 31st and 42nd minutes, both goals coming from field efforts.

His captain Harmanpreet Singh, joint top-scorer in the tournament so far, had given the home side the lead in the 30th minute through a penalty corner conversion at the Birsa Munda Stadium.

Harmanpreet had also flopped big time during the World Cup held here and in Bhubaneswar as he had struggled to find the target from his drag flick in the big matches in the showpiece.

India were 3-0 up in the 42nd minute before Paul-Philipp Kaufmann and Michel Struthoff struck for Germany in the 44th and 57th minutes respectively.

The Germans, who came with several players from their World Cup-winning team, struggled to score from the penalty corners. They got six PCs as against four of India.

The visitors got off to a strong start with five back-to-back PCs in the 10th minute but India held their nerves to defend all of them.

Striker Abhishek’s efforts in the circle in the later part of the second quarter finally brought the momentum India was vying for.

Up until then, stray attempts by strikers Gurjant Singh and Dilpreet Singh — both brought in to the team after missing the World Cup — in the initial minutes of the game was put away by German keeper Alexander Stadler.

Abhishek’s quick thinking in his tackle to surge ahead inside the striking circle forced a German infringement that earned the home team its first PC of the match just before the half time.

Harmanpreet, who was retained as captain despite the sacking of head coach Graham Reid after the World Cup, was top class in his attempt, picking up a good injection by Hardik Singh to fiercely put it away into the right corner of the post, giving India the much-needed 1-0 lead.

The lead was a shot in the arm for India’s attack as they built on it in the third quarter. A brilliant pass by Jarmanpreet Singh from the 25m mark, slicing into the circle to find a perfect deflection by Sukhjeet fetched India their second goal in the first minute after resumption.

About 11 minutes later, Sukhjeet struck again. Manpreet Singh powered a long pass from the midfield to the striking circle which was picked up well by the talented youngster S Karthi who then assisted Sukhjeet to score his second goal of the match and India’s third against a formidable German defence.

Apart from stitching together good attacks, with the midfield and forward line in sync, India made some smart referrals that kept the German attack at bay.

The visitors, though, managed a goal just before the end of third quarter when Elian Mazkour set up Paul-Philipp Kaufmann to score.

India showcased some superb deep defending in the final moments of the match with Germany pulling out their goalkeeper and adding an extra man to their attack.

Always known to finish well, Germany tucked in a goal with just over two minutes left for the final hooter. It was Hannes Muller who set up the goal for Michel Struthoff.

Action didn’t end there with India being awarded a penalty stroke in the dying seconds of the match but Harmanpreet couldn’t convert it. But India eventually held on to the 3-2 lead and earned three points.

Harmanpreet was shown a yellow card in the fifth minute, and so was Germany’s Tom Grambusch, in the 10th minute.

With the recently-appointed head coach Craig Fulton yet to join the team, David John was at the helm on Friday, a job he is expected to do in the next three matches also.

Following their World Cup debacle, India have dropped senior players Mandeep Singh, Akashdeep Singh and Amit Rohidas, while goalkeeper Krishan Pathak also missed due to his wedding.

India face Australia on Sunday and Germany again in the second leg Monday.

PTI 

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