Prolific forward Lalit Upadhyay, who made his international debut in 2014 at the FIH Men's World Cup in Hague, Netherlands, candidly spoke about the team's dream of a podium finish in the upcoming FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar - Rourkela.
In the first match of the day, Punjab National Bank defeated Canara Bank 7-1 in Pool C. Gurjinder Singh (14', 53', 60') hit his second hat-trick in the tournament, while Naveen Antil (3'), Sumit Toppo (4'), Satender Kumar (21') and Vishal Antil (30') scored one goal apiece to take Punjab Nat
All India Police Sports Control Board forfeited their Pool D match against Services Sports Control Board, resulting in a default win for Services Sports Control Board
Goals were scored by Harmanpreet Singh (3', 60'), Hardik Singh (25') and Raheel Mohammed (36') for India while Blake Govers (12', 27', 53'), Jack Welch (17', 24'), Jacob Anderson (48') and Jake Whetton (49') scored for the hosts.
Harmanpreet Singh said that the Aussie team is the best and playing against them will help in their preparation for the FIH 2023 World Cup to be played in India. He also called the series an opportunity to test the strategies that they have in mind.
The team led by Harmanpreet Singh will play a five-match Series against Australia as part of their preparations for the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela.
Shaikh has been officiating hockey for the past 20 years and was recently recognised for his remarkable work with the Hockey India Best Umpire Manager / Umpire 2019-2020 award at the 10th Hockey India Congress. In 2000, he began working as an umpire at a nearby competition. He received a cal
The last time the India Colts won the tournament was in 2014 and earlier in 2013. In the previous two editions held in 2019 and 2018, India had lost the final to Great Britain and had finished third in 2017.