India wins Bronze Medal. 60' INDIA HAVE WON THE BRONZE MEDAL 60' ** Goal : Akashdeep, Sardar,Rupinder and LAkra score ** 60' ** Goal : Akashdeep confuses the goalie, before hitting to the left** 60' Just a little recap, the previous match between Malaysia and Canada for the 5th-6th place had also gone for the shoot-outs, which Canada had won 60' MATCH HEADED FOR SHOOT-OUTS NOW 60' The last thirty seconds were nerve-wrecking as possession was with Korea. India survive the scare though. 59' Sardar and Akashdeep combine to look for the third goal, a quite bit of exchange of ball, results in nothing though 58' Two minutes remaining, action has shifted to the Indian half. 57' Namyong Lee wants to enter the D, unable to do so, forced to pass backwards 55' Five minutes remaining. Nothing much happening except alteration of possession 55' Five minutes remaining. Nothing much happening except alteration of possession 52' Satbir traps a loose ball. Possession back with India 51' Mediocre play on. No major attacks yet 48' Sreejesh again displaying his best of abilities as he save the flick. In an attempt to score the rebound, Korean player commit foul 48' ** Penalty Corner : PC no 7- Korea plays dummy. Ball touches rusher's foot though** 48' ** Penalty Corner : PC no 6 for KOREA** 47' Close shave for Korea, A calculated pass from Gurbaj, the ball touches the stick of the Korean player and gets deflceted to come straight to Akashdeep. Unable to anticipate, he misses to trap it 46' FOURTH QUARTER STARTS 45' THIRD QUARTER ENDS 44' Korea's Hyunwoo Nam looks for Hoon Suk Cho, but he misses the ball. Ball still in possession with Korea though 41' Good chance for Ramandeep to take the lead again. But had not positioned himself correctly for that pass from the left flank 39' Very close. Satbir looks for his second, flicks to the left, easy save by Korean goalie. Dharamvir falls just short to attempt rebound 38' Chinglensana's long run, wants to pass it to Ramandeep, who stands unmarked, but a little late 37' Meanwhile, there are quite a few Indian supports here in the stadium. Chants of 'INDIA JEETEGA" 36' Some tense moments for India as Korean look for another attack 34' Gurbaj plays spoilsport for Korea as he stick close to the Korean player not allowing him to enter the Indian D 33' Hat-trick boy Nikkin once again. But losses possession inside the D 32' A little goof-up in trapping a high ball as Korean players enter D 31' THIRD QUARTER STARTS 30' HALF-TIME 28' ** Goal : Korea doesnt repeat it's mistakke, sweeps it to the right this time. A slight delay by Sreejesh. Goal scored by Hyunwoo Nam** 28' ** Penalty Corner : PC no 5 for Korea- Ball touches rusher's foot and goes outside** 28' ** Penalty Corner : PC no 4- Sreejesh saves the first attempt, in trying to avoid the rebound, Manpreet and Rupinder charge ahead and ball and ball touches foot ** 28' ** Penalty Corner : PC no 3 for KOREA** 27' ** Yellow Card : Wonder what was Ramandeep upto. He jumps off on a Korean player to get the ball. Of course, earns himself a Yellow Card in the process ** 25' Korean players are making some attempts, but can't enter the Indian D 22' ** Goal : Thats the GOAL number 2. Comes as a flash. Satbir's long run, finds Dharamvir, passes him for a fraction of a second before coming right infront of the goal net and flicks it to the top right. ** 21' Ramandeep with the ball now, surrounded by three Koreans loses control 20' Koreans have doubled their attack now 19' ** Goal : Goal comes off the rebound shot taken by Hyosik You. The first flick was saved by Sreejesh ** 19' ** Penalty Corner : Second PC for Korea as ball raised dangerously inside the D** 18' Woah! Sardar with the ball, being chased by four Korean players. Finds Manpreet on his right 17' Could have been dangerous for India. But Sreejesh to the rescue again as Birendra Lakra clears it 16' SECOND QUARTER STARTS 15' FIRST QUARTER ENDS 14' Korean attack now from the right flank. No one to deflect the ball though. 12' Satbir' solo- A good run by Satbir, but makes foul at the end. Free hit for Korea 11' GOAL SEQUENCE- Uthappa from the right flank, passes to Nikkin, who is standing right in front of the goalkeeper. Nikkin sweeps his stick to give an angle 10' ** Goal : NIKKIN IS ON A ROLL. The hat-trick boy has given India the early lead~** 9' A good save by Sreejesh, he anticipates the direction of the ball well. India counter-attacks 9' ** Penalty Corner : First for Korea as ball touches Kothajit's foot** 8' Another attempt to score. A good mid-field cross for Akashdeep, who is standing at the goalmouth. But ball trapped by Korean defender 6' India look for a goal in a similar fashion scored by Nikkin in the last match against Australia. But before the ball can reach Gurbaj for deflection, Korean players trap it 3' No major attack yet. No team can hold possession for long 2' Ramandeep stopped by two Korean players as he enters the D from the left flank 1' MATCH STARTS 0' This is Dharamvir Singh's 100th cap 0' The umpires for today matches are Steve Rogers of Australia and Iiango Kanabathu from Malaysia 0' National anthem of both teams 0' The pre-match practice is already over and the teams are preparing for the line-up 0' Meanwhile, it has been raining the entire afternoon here. 0' After a 4-4 draw till full-time, the match went to the shoot-outs, which Canada won 3-1. Malaysia have finished at the bottom of the pool now 0' In the biggest upset of the tournament so far, Canada beat hosts Malaysia to secure fifth place. 0' Its time for the bronze medal play-off between India and Korea 0' India plays with Korea for the third place
After being ablpe beat korea repeatadly we can say at least we got top spot in hockey among asian team... As we showed even with pretty ordinary for from team in this tournament we could win a bronze
Any new updates about India in the Cricket scene? Last I heard was when Virat Kohli is confident about India's chances of winning in their upcoming match against Australia
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60' INDIA HAVE WON THE BRONZE MEDAL
60' ** Goal : Akashdeep, Sardar,Rupinder and LAkra score **
60' ** Goal : Akashdeep confuses the goalie, before hitting to the left**
60' Just a little recap, the previous match between Malaysia and Canada for the 5th-6th place had also gone for the shoot-outs, which Canada had won
60' MATCH HEADED FOR SHOOT-OUTS NOW
60' The last thirty seconds were nerve-wrecking as possession was with Korea. India survive the scare though.
59' Sardar and Akashdeep combine to look for the third goal, a quite bit of exchange of ball, results in nothing though
58' Two minutes remaining, action has shifted to the Indian half.
57' Namyong Lee wants to enter the D, unable to do so, forced to pass backwards
55' Five minutes remaining. Nothing much happening except alteration of possession
55' Five minutes remaining. Nothing much happening except alteration of possession
52' Satbir traps a loose ball. Possession back with India
51' Mediocre play on. No major attacks yet
48' Sreejesh again displaying his best of abilities as he save the flick. In an attempt to score the rebound, Korean player commit foul
48' ** Penalty Corner : PC no 7- Korea plays dummy. Ball touches rusher's foot though**
48' ** Penalty Corner : PC no 6 for KOREA**
47' Close shave for Korea, A calculated pass from Gurbaj, the ball touches the stick of the Korean player and gets deflceted to come straight to Akashdeep. Unable to anticipate, he misses to trap it
46' FOURTH QUARTER STARTS
45' THIRD QUARTER ENDS
44' Korea's Hyunwoo Nam looks for Hoon Suk Cho, but he misses the ball. Ball still in possession with Korea though
41' Good chance for Ramandeep to take the lead again. But had not positioned himself correctly for that pass from the left flank
39' Very close. Satbir looks for his second, flicks to the left, easy save by Korean goalie. Dharamvir falls just short to attempt rebound
38' Chinglensana's long run, wants to pass it to Ramandeep, who stands unmarked, but a little late
37' Meanwhile, there are quite a few Indian supports here in the stadium. Chants of 'INDIA JEETEGA"
36' Some tense moments for India as Korean look for another attack
34' Gurbaj plays spoilsport for Korea as he stick close to the Korean player not allowing him to enter the Indian D
33' Hat-trick boy Nikkin once again. But losses possession inside the D
32' A little goof-up in trapping a high ball as Korean players enter D
31' THIRD QUARTER STARTS
30' HALF-TIME
28' ** Goal : Korea doesnt repeat it's mistakke, sweeps it to the right this time. A slight delay by Sreejesh. Goal scored by Hyunwoo Nam**
28' ** Penalty Corner : PC no 5 for Korea- Ball touches rusher's foot and goes outside**
28' ** Penalty Corner : PC no 4- Sreejesh saves the first attempt, in trying to avoid the rebound, Manpreet and Rupinder charge ahead and ball and ball touches foot **
28' ** Penalty Corner : PC no 3 for KOREA**
27' ** Yellow Card : Wonder what was Ramandeep upto. He jumps off on a Korean player to get the ball. Of course, earns himself a Yellow Card in the process **
25' Korean players are making some attempts, but can't enter the Indian D
22' ** Goal : Thats the GOAL number 2. Comes as a flash. Satbir's long run, finds Dharamvir, passes him for a fraction of a second before coming right infront of the goal net and flicks it to the top right. **
21' Ramandeep with the ball now, surrounded by three Koreans loses control
20' Koreans have doubled their attack now
19' ** Goal : Goal comes off the rebound shot taken by Hyosik You. The first flick was saved by Sreejesh **
19' ** Penalty Corner : Second PC for Korea as ball raised dangerously inside the D**
18' Woah! Sardar with the ball, being chased by four Korean players. Finds Manpreet on his right
17' Could have been dangerous for India. But Sreejesh to the rescue again as Birendra Lakra clears it
16' SECOND QUARTER STARTS
15' FIRST QUARTER ENDS
14' Korean attack now from the right flank. No one to deflect the ball though.
12' Satbir' solo- A good run by Satbir, but makes foul at the end. Free hit for Korea
11' GOAL SEQUENCE- Uthappa from the right flank, passes to Nikkin, who is standing right in front of the goalkeeper. Nikkin sweeps his stick to give an angle
10' ** Goal : NIKKIN IS ON A ROLL. The hat-trick boy has given India the early lead~**
9' A good save by Sreejesh, he anticipates the direction of the ball well. India counter-attacks
9' ** Penalty Corner : First for Korea as ball touches Kothajit's foot**
8' Another attempt to score. A good mid-field cross for Akashdeep, who is standing at the goalmouth. But ball trapped by Korean defender
6' India look for a goal in a similar fashion scored by Nikkin in the last match against Australia. But before the ball can reach Gurbaj for deflection, Korean players trap it
3' No major attack yet. No team can hold possession for long
2' Ramandeep stopped by two Korean players as he enters the D from the left flank
1' MATCH STARTS
0' This is Dharamvir Singh's 100th cap
0' The umpires for today matches are Steve Rogers of Australia and Iiango Kanabathu from Malaysia
0' National anthem of both teams
0' The pre-match practice is already over and the teams are preparing for the line-up
0' Meanwhile, it has been raining the entire afternoon here.
0' After a 4-4 draw till full-time, the match went to the shoot-outs, which Canada won 3-1. Malaysia have finished at the bottom of the pool now
0' In the biggest upset of the tournament so far, Canada beat hosts Malaysia to secure fifth place.
0' Its time for the bronze medal play-off between India and Korea
0' India plays with Korea for the third place
England at WI - ongoing test match
Pakistan are playing BCB 11 - on going. etc etc