Paris Olympics 2024: The Indian hockey team will play its first match in the Paris Olympics 2024 on July 27, when its first match will be against New Zealand. The team’s preparations are complete. Captain Harmanpreet Singh has expressed his views regarding the match.
Paris Olympics 2024: The Indian hockey team will play its first match in the Paris Olympics 2024 on July 27, when its first match will be against New Zealand. The team’s preparations are complete. Captain Harmanpreet Singh has expressed his views regarding the match.
This time too, India is hopeful of a medal under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Singh. However, this time the color of the medal should be changed. It can be silver or gold. Talking about the Indian men’s hockey team, its campaign will start from July 27. India has been placed in Group B, where there are already many strong and formidable teams. In such a situation, this path is definitely not going to be easy.
Indian hockey team’s first match in Paris Olympics against New Zealand on 27th July
The Indian men’s hockey team will be vying for its second consecutive Olympic medal in Paris. India will face New Zealand in their first match on July 27. This match will be played from 9 pm Indian time. Before this match, Indian men’s hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh expressed confidence in his and his team’s preparations. Talking about New Zealand, the Indian captain said that they have been a strong opponent for India.
New Zealand is a strong opponent
Harmanpreet Singh said that we have always seen New Zealand as a strong opponent and discussed this in detail during our team brief. It’s good to be reminded of the World Cup match against them, so we know we can’t lose momentum at any point in the match. It is important for us to start well and keep the pressure on during the game.
Indian hockey team has made extensive preparations before the Olympics.
In Europe, the Indian team has participated in a 3-day mental conditioning camp in Switzerland before reaching Paris. They have also played high-octane practice matches against Malaysia, Netherlands, Germany and Great Britain, the benefit of which they are hopeful of getting on the Olympic stage. The captain said that before reaching Paris we played some very good practice matches and the experience as a team in Switzerland was something unique, which we have never done before. We are in good shape mentally and physically to start our campaign.
Many strong teams in India’s group
India have been placed in a group with Olympic champions Belgium, Argentina, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand. If India wants to maintain its dominance as the most successful men’s hockey team in Olympic history, it will have to play its best game. Anyway, PR Sreejesh, one of the senior players of the team, has said that this will be his last Olympics. In such a situation, the team will try its best to win a medal in hockey this time too, so that Indian hockey is again successful in leaving its mark in the same way as it used to be once upon a time.
Indian hockey team for Paris Olympics 2024
Goalkeeper: PR Sreejesh
Defenders: Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Harmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Sanjay
Midfielders: Rajkumar Pal, Shamsher Singh, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad
Forward: Abhishek, Sukhjit Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh
Alternate players: Neelkant Sharma, Jugraj Singh, Krishna Bahadur Pathak
indian hockey team olympic schedule
India vs New Zealand: July 27 (9 pm IST)
India vs Argentina: July 29 (4:15 pm IST)
India vs Ireland: July 30 (4:45 pm IST)
India vs Belgium: August 1 (1:30 pm IST)
India vs Australia: August 2 (4:45 pm IST)
Group A: Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, France, South Africa
Group B: Belgium, India, Australia, Argentina, New Zealand, Ireland
