The Indian hockey workforce performed a stalemate in opposition to England in its second match of Pool D on the males’s world cup on Sunday night time. The aspect had a aim from Abhishek disallowed within the third quarter, as each side didn’t make a breakthrough all through the 60 minutes. India had made a profitable begin to the marketing campaign in opposition to Spain, beating the aspect 2-0, whereas England had additionally cruised to a 5-0 win over Wales in its opening match of the match.
India will now be aiming to complete 1st within the group to seal a direct berth to the quarterfinals. After the drawn match in Rourkela, India are presently second within the group with 4 factors in two matches.
England are high on the advantage of a superior aim distinction. This implies India have to dish out a robust efficiency of their remaining Pool recreation in opposition to Wales, as Harmanpreet and his males would give attention to scoring as many objectives as doable.
A high spot would guarantee a direct qualification to the quarterfinals of the match; nevertheless, if India end second or third in Pool D, they must play the crossovers.
Earlier within the day, Spain had additionally secured an enormous 5-1 win over Wales; the latter has the worst aim distinction (-9) within the pool, whereas Spain have the identical GD as India (+2). England, in the meantime, have a distinction of 5 objectives. If India end second within the pool, they’ll play the third-placed aspect in Pool C that has Netherlands, New Zealand, Chile and Malaysia.
Likewise, if India end third, they’ll tackle the second-placed aspect in Pool C.
India will tackle Wales, the bottom ranked aspect within the pool, of their remaining group match on January 19 in Bhubaneswar whereas England will up in opposition to Spain.