Olympic Games in Tokyo: With the victory of Great Britain against Ireland, the Indian women’s hockey team reached the quarter-finals for the first time at the Olympic Games.
Tokyo Olympics: India’s women hockey reach the quarter-finals after Ireland’s defeat. (Twitter photo)
HIGHLIGHTS
- India’s women hockey reach the quarterfinals after Ireland’s defeat
- The best four teams from each of the two pools advance to the quarter-finals
- The Indian women’s hockey team beat South Africa 4-3 in a must-see game in Pool A.
The Indian women’s ice hockey team qualified for the quarter-finals after Great Britain defeated Ireland 2-0 in the final group game in Pool A and India secured 4th place.
Earlier, Indian women’s ice hockey team defeated South Africa 4-3 in an indispensable Olympic pool. A group game in the Oi hockey stadium on Saturday.
The best four teams from each of the two pools advance to the quarter-finals. India’s hopes for the quarter-finals were based on the outcome of the last group game in Pool A between Great Britain and Ireland.
Vandana Katariya led her team to victory against South Africa by becoming the first Indian woman to score a hat trick in the Olympics. She sounded the board in the fourth, 17th and 49th minutes. Neha scored the 32nd goal.
Tarryn Glasby (15th minute), captain Erin Hunter (30th minute) and Marizen Marais (39th minute) ensured that the South Africans stayed in the game in the dangerous game.
The Indian women started with the first whistle as captain Rani Rampal led the attack from the right and took her first penalty in the first minute, but South African goalkeeper Phumelela Mbande was up to the task.
The Indians continued to build pressure early and a successful video recommendation earned their second penalty in the second minute, but drag flicker Gurjit Kaur missed.
India’s first breakthrough came when Navneet Kaur built an attack from the right and Vandana Katariya put the finishing touches to her 1-0 lead.
India fell as South Africa’s intent to attack continued. Captain Erin Hunter made a long shot and Tarryn Glasby’s soft touch in the circle equalized the team.
The Indian women’s ice hockey team recovered with their third penalty in the 17th minute, the variant of Deep Grace Ekka was successfully deflected by Vandana Katariya to a 2-1 lead.
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