India will tackle Ghana in its first group B males’s hockey match on the Commonwealth Video games 2022 on July 31, Sunday on the College of Birmingham Hockey and Squash centre. FOLLOW THE LIVE BLOG HERE
When will the match happen?
The 2 groups are set to sq. off in opposition to one another at 8:30 pm IST.
India Males vs Ghana Males head-to-head document
India and Ghana have confronted one another solely as soon as - within the 1975 males’s World Cup the place the lads in blue gained 7-0.
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Looking for an elusive Commonwealth Video games gold, the Indian males's hockey group will look to start out its marketing campaign on a rousing word in opposition to lowly Ghana in its opening Pool B match.
The outstanding success on the Tokyo Olympics, the place India clinched a historic bronze after 41 years, has ignited hopes from the Manpreet Singh-led facet to cease the Australian juggernaut.
Australia's dominance on the CWG is a matter of envy because the world No.1 Kookaburras have been essentially the most dominant pressure within the Video games' historical past, having gained all of the six gold medals until date.
Having missed out on a podium end within the final version of the Video games in Gold Coast, India could be hungry for achievement right here. Going by their type, the Indians can declare the elusive gold.
India's greatest outcomes got here in 2010 at house (New Delhi) and in Glasgow (2014) the place they'd completed runners-up. The group completed fourth twice -- in 1998 in Kuala Lumpur, the place the game made its debut, and in 2018 in Gold Coast.
The Indian group has improved by leaps and bounds beneath Australian Graham Reid.
Indian males’s hockey squad
Goalkeepers: PR Sreejesh, Krishan Bahadur Pathak
Defenders: Varun Kumar, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh (vice captain), Amit Rohidas, Jugraj Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh
Midfielders: Manpreet Singh (captain), Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Shamsher Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Nilakanta Sharma
Forwards: Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Abhishek
Chief coach: Graham Reid
The competitors in hockey on the CWG is fairly powerful and, moreover Australia, the Indians must get the higher of groups like New Zealand, England, arch-rivals Pakistan and Canada to attain their objective.
Speaking about Sunday'a recreation, this would be the first time India will play in opposition to Ghana because the 1975 males's World Cup.
The final time the 2 groups performed one another, India had gained 7-0. Reid stated adapting to the circumstances had been somewhat powerful for the facet.
"It is surprisingly chilly right here. Every day, we get stunned and preserve questioning whether or not the summer season is coming anytime quickly. Everyone seems to be now settled in. The primary few days, we have been getting everybody accustomed to all the things within the Village in order that when the matches begin, individuals are very acquainted and cozy," he stated.
"We centered on getting accustomed to the pitch, the enjoying circumstances, and getting ourselves tailored to the environment." India captain Manpreet stated not underestimating any opponent is essential to reaching their objective within the Video games.
"Our philosophy this time round on the Commonwealth Video games 2022 is to 'zoom out and zoom in'. Our coaches have instructed us to zoom out and visualise what we have now to attain. We need to win a medal, however how can we obtain the identical? "The very first thing that we have now to do will not be underestimate any group," stated Manpreet, who will likely be enjoying his three hundredth worldwide match on Sunday.
"Secondly, we have now to make sure that we carry out our greatest match by match and give attention to our recreation plan." After Ghana, India will tackle hosts England on Monday, adopted by matches in opposition to Canada (August 3) and Wales (August 4).
- PTI
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