India vs New Zealand Hockey Match Highlights: New Zealand defeated India in the crossover match of the 2023 Hockey World Cup being played in Bhubaneswar. With this, the Indian team is out of the 2023 World Cup. New Zealand has won the shootout. With this defeat, host India is out of the 2023 Hockey World Cup. At the same time, the Indian team’s dream of winning the title after 48 years has also been shattered.
In the first four quarters i.e. in the scheduled time of the match, the match was tied at 3-3. There was no goal in the first quarter. After this, India scored 2 goals in the second quarter and New Zealand scored 1 goal. India and New Zealand scored 1-1 in the third quarter. After this New Zealand scored 1 goal in the fourth quarter. In this way, the match ended in a 3-3 draw in the stipulated time.
After this the match went to shootout. At the same time, New Zealand won 5-4 in the shootout. With this victory, the New Zealand team has reached the quarter-finals. Now in the quarter-finals, he will face the defending champion Belgium on 24 January.
India crashed out of the tournament after losing 4-5 to New Zealand in the sudden death shootout in the crossover match played at the Kalinga Stadium. India failed to capitalize on a 3–1 lead in the third quarter and allowed New Zealand to score twice in regulation time to end the match 3–3.
Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (17th), Sukhjit Singh (24th) and Varun Kumar (40th) scored for India in regular time, while Sam Lane (28th), Kane Russell (43rd) and Sean Findlay (49th) scored for India. min) contributed to the goal for New Zealand.
With some brilliant saves from veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh, India came back from 3-3 in the shootout and got two chances in sudden death as Shamsher Singh failed to score in the final shootout attempt in front of a packed stadium and lost 4-5. went. New Zealand will now take on Belgium in the quarter-finals, while India will now travel to Rourkela for the playoff matches for the 9-16 spots.
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