The Indian Men's Hockey Team began their campaign in the FIH Men's Hockey Pro League 2022-2023 with a 4-3 win over New Zealand before falling 2-3 to Spain. India then defeated New Zealand 7-4 before defeating Spain via shootout (3-1 SO) after the game was tied at 2-2 at the end of regulation time
Spain took a 2-0 lead with Eduard de Ignacio-Simo (16') and Marc Miralles (26'), but India equalised through captain Harmanpreet Singh (26') and Abhishek (54'). For the visitors, Marc Reyne (56') scored a late winner.
On Friday, Mandeep Mor (13'), captain Harmanpreet Singh (41') and Mandeep Singh (51', 56') netted goals for India's while Sam Lane (22', 35'), Jake Smith (34') scored for New Zealand
India is scheduled to take on New Zealand when they begin their campaign on October 28 and in their second match, India will take on Spain on October 30. In the following week, India will play their second tie against New Zealand on November 4 and play Spain on November 6
The young midfielder, who was part of the national squad for the FIH Pro League 2021/22 matches against Netherlands in 2022, started pursuing the sport at the age of 11, while she was studying in Agra
Savita, who had won the Award in the same category in the previous edition, said that the support from her teammates and coaching staff has proven to be helpful.
The Indian team have been drawn in Pool D with England, Spain and Wales for the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela, scheduled to be played from January 13-29 2023