India beat New Zealand 3-2 in men’s hockey opening game

India Men’s Hockey has a winning start in Tokyo Olympics as they beat New Zealand 3-2 in the Pool A and qualify to the knockout stages on Saturday.

Kane Russell opened the scoring account with a goal from the penalty corner in the first quarter. Without much wait, India responded with Rupinder Pal Singh’s Penalty stroke goal leveling the score 1-1. India took the lead 2-1 in the second quarter with Harmanpreet Singh’s strike from the penalty corner finding the back of the nets.

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