The Indian males’s hockey staff will hope to start their second spherical of the FIH World Cup on a constructive word as they tackle Netherlands on the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen on Saturday.
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India certified to the second spherical of the group stage after ending second of their Pool behind England. They began off by beating Wales 3-1 earlier than shedding their match towards England 4-2. They made it to the subsequent spherical after beating Pakistan 5-3.
Since England beat India of their group stage recreation, they may carry all three factors from the sport to this second spherical. Subsequently, a loss right now towards the Dutch will make qualification to semifinals extra harder. After the match towards the Netherlands, India will face Argentina who completed second of their Pool A behind the house nation.
The Netherlands have not suffered a defeat but within the event. They’re in excellent type, beating the likes of New Zealand, Argentina and Japan of their earlier spherical. They scored 12 targets from the three video games whereas conceding simply three.
The house staff would be the favourites towards India who will need to enhance their defence. Craig Fulton’s facet conceded eight targets in three video games and can search enchancment on the again.
The excellent news for the staff is that their star scorer and captain Harmanpreet Singh is exhibiting good type. He has scored 5 targets, all from penalty corners, and is main the scoring charts together with Belgium’s Tom Boon and South Africa’s Mustaphaa Cassiem, who additionally scored 5.
In terms of area targets, Abhishek would be the key. He scored a brace towards Pakistan and can need to carry the shape within the match towards the Dutch as properly.
The match will begin at 7:30 p.m. IST.
