NEW DELHI: Indian hockey crew defeated hosts New Zealand Three-1 of their third fit of the Four Nations Invitational Tournament to go into the overall in Tauranga on Saturday.
India scored via Harmanpreet Singh, Dilpreet Singh and Mandeep Singh whilst Kane Russell used to be the lone scorer for New Zealand. India will face Olympic silver medallist Belgium within the summit clash on Sunday, who sealed their berth after beating Japan Four-1.
New Zealand needed no less than a draw to growth to the summit clash but World No. 6 India proved too sizzling to maintain.
India went forward in the second one minute after the pushback by way of Harmanpreet who converted a penalty nook in beginning of the first quarter. Dilpreet (21') then sliced open their defence to double India's lead in the second one quarter.
Trailing Zero-2 after the first part, New Zealand progressed their game after the exchange of ends. They tried breaking via a stubborn Indian defense but have been denied. However, Russell (45') discovered an opening within the third quarter when he struck house via a penalty nook. New Zealand had reduce down India's result in only one goal.
However, striker Mandeep ended New Zealand's hopes of a late comeback when he sounded the board within the 47th minute with India recording their 2nd victory in three video games.
Hockey World League bronze medalists India started the tournament with a 6-Zero thrashing of Japan on Wednesday. However, they went down Zero-2 to global no. Three Belgium of their 2nd game on Thursday ahead of sealing the overall spot through beating New Zealand on Saturday.
India scored via Harmanpreet Singh, Dilpreet Singh and Mandeep Singh whilst Kane Russell used to be the lone scorer for New Zealand. India will face Olympic silver medallist Belgium within the summit clash on Sunday, who sealed their berth after beating Japan Four-1.
New Zealand needed no less than a draw to growth to the summit clash but World No. 6 India proved too sizzling to maintain.
India went forward in the second one minute after the pushback by way of Harmanpreet who converted a penalty nook in beginning of the first quarter. Dilpreet (21') then sliced open their defence to double India's lead in the second one quarter.
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— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) 1516409137000 Trailing Zero-2 after the first part, New Zealand progressed their game after the exchange of ends. They tried breaking via a stubborn Indian defense but have been denied. However, Russell (45') discovered an opening within the third quarter when he struck house via a penalty nook. New Zealand had reduce down India's result in only one goal.
However, striker Mandeep ended New Zealand's hopes of a late comeback when he sounded the board within the 47th minute with India recording their 2nd victory in three video games.
Hockey World League bronze medalists India started the tournament with a 6-Zero thrashing of Japan on Wednesday. However, they went down Zero-2 to global no. Three Belgium of their 2nd game on Thursday ahead of sealing the overall spot through beating New Zealand on Saturday.
India beat NZ to enter final of Four Nations Hockey Tournament
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