The Indian hockey team played its quarter-final match against Great Britain at the Paris Olympics. India has reached the semi-finals of the Tokyo Olympics by defeating Great Britain.
This time there was a fierce competition between the two teams. The Indian hockey team, who had performed brilliantly in the group stage, got off to a strong start in this match too, but Great Britain also put in a brilliant performance. Due to which the result of the match came in a shootout.
The dominance of the Indian players was seen in the penalty shootout. In which India defeated Britain 4-2. The first shot from India came from Harmanpreet Singh and after this Sukhjit, Lalit and Rajkumar scored for India.
In this match, the Indian team got a big blow in the second quarter. Amit Rohidas was given a red card, due to which he was ruled out of the entire match. In such a situation, the Indian hockey team had to play the entire match with only 10 players. But even after this the Indian hockey team performed well.
Let us tell you that India won the match 4-2 in the shootout. This is Sreejesh's last Olympics. He has already announced his retirement.
After winning the quarter-final in hockey, Indian team goalkeeper Sreejesh said, 'I told myself that this could be my last match. Or if I save (goal) I get to play 2 more matches. I am very happy to win this match.
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