India beat the Netherlands 4-3 in a thrilling FIH Men’s Junior World Cup quarterfinal in Malaysia on Tuesday. The Uttam Singh-led side will take on Germany in the semifinals.
India beat the Netherlands 4- 3 in a thrilling FIH Men’s Junior World Cup quarterfinal in Malaysia on Tuesday. The Uttam Singh– led side will take on Germany in the semifinals on Thursday.
Timo Boers (5th nanosecond) and Pepijn van der Heijden( 16th nanosecond) both successfully converted Penalty Corners to give the Dutch a 2- 0 lead going into half- time.
Still, India started playing further aggressively in the alternate half and got the price as Araijeet Singh Hundal set up the opening thing scored by Aditya Arjun Lalage( 34th nanosecond). A nanosecond latterly, the Men in Blue entered a Penalty Stroke which Araijeet properly converted to position the score.
Olivier Hortensius scored via a Penalty Corner a nanosecond before the end of the third quarter to restore the Netherlands ’ lead.
Sourabh Kushwaha set up the equaliser for India in the 52nd nanosecond and five twinkles latterly, Uttam scored the decisive thing from a Penalty Corner.
India colts ’ palm was backed by a grand show of character to hold off pressure from the Dutch side, and the cynosure of India’s defence was Rohit who was hard to transgress – as he blocked down six consecutive PCs in the final quarter icing India surfaced victorious. He was awarded player of the match for his sweats.
India takes on the Netherlands in the quarterfinals of the FIH Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup in Malaysia on Tuesday.
The Indian platoon enters the quarterfinals after finishing second in Pool C. It opened its crusade with a 4- 2 palm over Korea before losing 1- 4 to Spain. In its final group game, India thrashed Canada 10- 1. On the other hand, Netherlands outgunned Pool D.
Indian captain Uttam Singh said, “ We’ve played some good hockey in this World Cup. Coming off a big 10- 1 palm clearly boosts our confidence going into the knockout stages. We ’ll look to put our stylish bottom forward and play to the stylish of our capability like we always do. ”
Meanwhile, trainer C R Kumar said, “ The players are in a good space and are ready to take on whatever is thrown at them. We ’ll continue to take this event one match at a time. Yes, the quarterfinal is a big match but it’s nothing the boys aren’t prepared for. ” Know More Latest Hockey News…
