Tokyo Olympics 2021: Know The Indian Men’s Hockey Team’s Bronze Medal Journey

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When the Tokyo Olympics 2021 was starting, no one could have believed that the Indian men’s hockey team would create history after 41 years in this Olympics. There was a reason for this hopelessness. The national sport, which has a golden history and in which India has won the most medals (11+1) so far, has been in the Olympics for many years, sometimes sixth, sometimes seventh, and sometimes eighth.

The last time India had won a hockey medal was at the Mosco Olympics was in 1980 when our team won its last gold. Now, a 41-year curse has finally been broken, thanks to the entire hockey team who beat Germany by 5-4 and revived the national game of India again.

Out of the field, Odisha Chief Minister Navin Patnaik contributed a lot to this victory, who helped possibly by sponsoring the men’s and women’s hockey teams in this cricket-crazy country.

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Indian Men’s Hockey Team’s Bronze Medal Journey

July 24: — India vs New Zealand – India beat NZ by 3-2

(Harmanpreet – 2 goals, Rupinder Singh -1)

July 25: — India vs Australia – Australia beat India by 7-1

Dilpreet Singh – 1

July 27: —India vs Spain – India beat Spain by 3-0

Rupinder Singh – 2, Simranjeet Singh

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July 29: — India vs Argentina- India beat Argentina by 3-1

Varun Kumar, Vivek Sagar Prasad & Harmanpreet Singh – 1 each

July 30: — India vs Japan – India beat Japan by 5-3

Gurjant Singh -2,Harmanpreet,Shamsher Singh,Nilakanta Sharma – 1 each

August 1: Quarter-Final – India vs England – India beat Eng by 3-1

Hardik Singh,Dilpreet Singh & Gurjant Singh – 1 each

August 3: Semi-Final — India vs Belgium – Belgium beat India by 5-2

Harmanpreet & Mandeep – 1 each

5 August: Medal Matches – India vs Germany – India beat Germany by 5-4

Simranjeet Singh-2,Hardik,Harmanpreet & Rupinder Pal Singh- 1 each

In the entire tournament, 25 goals were scored for India, out of which 6 goals were scored by the team’s defender Harmanpreet Singh alone.

India vs Germany Match Playing XI

Indian Men’s Hockey Team Coach – Graham Reid

Manpreet Singh (Captain)

P.R. Sreejesh (Goalkeeper)

Rupinder Pal Singh, Harmanpreet Singh,Surender Kumar,Amit Rohidas, (Defender)

Dilpreet Singh, Shamsher Singh, Mandeep Singh (Forward)

Hardik Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, (Midfielder)

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