Hockey: Indian hockey team leaves for Spain for four-nation tournament, first match to be held on July 25
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Indian Men’s Hockey Team: 24 members led by Captain Harmanpreet Singh Indian men’s hockey team She left for Spain on Wednesday to participate in the four-nation tournament. On the completion of 100 years of the establishment of the Spanish Hockey Federation, a four-nation tournament will be played in Terrassa from 25 to 30 July. Apart from hosts Spain and India, teams from England and Netherlands will also participate in this tournament.
The Indian team will start their campaign against Spain on 25th July and then play against Netherlands on 26th July. India will take on England on July 28 in their final match of the round robin stage. The final of the tournament will be played on 30 July. This tournament is very important for India in view of the preparations for the Asian Champions Trophy and subsequent Asian Games.
Opportunity to test myself against top nations: Captain Harmanpreet
Before the departure of the Indian team, Captain Harmanpreet Singh said, ‘The tour of four countries is an opportunity for our team to test themselves against the top countries of the world. Spain, Netherlands and England have been in good form last year and we will look to get favorable results on the tour to ensure that our team finds momentum ahead of the all-important Hero Asian Champions Trophy Chennai 2023. We have trained well and are confident of a solid performance in Spain. Let us tell you that the Indian team was taking training in the national coaching camp at the SAI center in Bengaluru.
While speaking on the upcoming tournament, the head coach of the Indian men’s hockey team, Craig Fulton said, ‘We are looking forward to implementing our plans and structure in the upcoming matches in Spain. It is a momentous year for us with the prestigious Hero Asian Champions Trophy Chennai 2023 and the momentous Hangzhou Asian Games 2023. We have worked on the areas in the camp where we need to improve and we will focus on our strengths on the Spain tour to get positive results.
Indian men’s hockey team:
Goalkeepers: Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran and Krishna Bahadur Pathak
Defenders: Jarmanpreet Singh, Neelam Sanjeev Zess, Manpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Harmanpreet Singh (Captain), Varun Kumar and Sanjay
Midfielders: Hardik Singh (Vice-Captain), Vivek Sagar Prasad, Sumit, Neelkanth Sharma, Shamsher Singh, Rajkumar Pal
Forwards: Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Abhishek, Pawan, Dilpreet Singh, Simranjeet Singh and Karthi Selvam
india match schedule
25 July 2023 – India vs Spain, 11.30 PM IST
26 July 2023 – India vs Netherlands, 9.30 PM IST
28 July 2023 – India vs England, 4.30 PM IST
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