New Zealand - The History Book of Indian Hockey http://indiahockey.net Everything happening in Indian Hockey Fri, 09 Aug 2024 22:39:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 http://indiahockey.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/hockey_fav_light.png New Zealand - The History Book of Indian Hockey http://indiahockey.net 32 32 India vs New Zealand: A winning start in Tokyo Olympics http://indiahockey.net/2021/07/24/india-against-new-zealand-a-winning-start-in-tokyo-olympics/ Sat, 24 Jul 2021 09:03:18 +0000 http://indiahockey.net/?p=3201 Tokyo Olympics has started on July 23. The enthused Indian hockey team played against New Zealand and made a winning start. In the dramatic game, team India was victorious with…

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]]> Tokyo Olympics has started on July 23. The enthused Indian hockey team played against New Zealand and made a winning start. In the dramatic game, team India was victorious with 3-2. Thanks to Rupinder Pal Singh who converted a penalty stroke while Harmanpreet Singh scored twice through penalty corners and made India win against New Zealand.

New Zealand played well in the first quarter of the game but Rupinder equalised for India in the latter half.

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Manpreet led team will now face Australia on July 25, who won against host Japan with 5-3 in another mettlesome game.

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]]> India lose to New Zealand in six-nation Invitational tournament, face Argentina next http://indiahockey.net/2016/07/01/india-lose-zealand-six-nation-invitational-tournament-face-argentina/ Fri, 01 Jul 2016 11:28:08 +0000 http://indiahockey.net/?p=1323 Indian men’s hockey team lost 0-1 to New Zealand to slump to its its second defeat in the six-nation Invitational tournament and will now face the formidable Argentina in its…

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]]> Indian men’s hockey team lost 0-1 to New Zealand to slump to its its second defeat in the six-nation Invitational tournament and will now face the formidable Argentina in its penultimate round-robin match, in Valencia on Saturday.
New Zealand’s Stephen Jenness scored the lone goal of the match in the 18th minute on Friday.
India had earlier lost 0-4 to Germany in their tournament opener before registering a fighting 2-1 win over Ireland in their next game.
India are now placed fourth in the points table with just three points from one win and two defeats. Olympic champions Germany and Argentina lead the chart with six points from two wins followed by Spain on three points from two games.
If India are to stay in the hunt for a place in the summit clash, Sardar Singh and his men have no option but to beat Argentina on Saturday.
Going by recent International Hockey Federation (FIH) rankings, India enjoy an edge over Argentina. By virtue of their runners-up finish in the Champions Trophy in London earlier in June, India leapfrogged to the fifth spot in the world rankings ahead of Belgium (6th) and Argentina (7th).
But it will be easier said than done as the Argentines are a tough nut to crask on the turf, which is clearly visible from their run in the tournament so far. The Indians will have to dish out a consistent performance and avoid making mistakes at the backline if they desire to emerge winners on Saturday.
India will finish their round robin campaign against Spain on Sunday.
The tournament is being held as a preparation for the upcoming Rio Olympic Games.

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