Tough to be an Indian Sports fan this week: none of the shuttlers (14) could even reach QF of India Open; and now India knocked OUT of Hockey World Cup even before reaching QF.
Ironically both the events were at home | Not an ideal start to 2023 #IndiaOpen2023 #HWC2023 pic.twitter.com/lMwRk0bGCq
INDIA OUT OF WORLD CUP! New Zealand silence 15,000 with 5-4 shoot-out win. Incredible. #HockeyWorldCup2023 pic.twitter.com/sZ3FyLDIh2
Dear New Zealand,
ek hi toh dil hai, kitni baar todoge?
Can't make penalty corner advantage count and conceding them are always a disadvantage. Talk about combinations!
NZ have hardly had any control in this match & are 3-3 now. What does this say? It says how poor our penalty corner conversions have been and says how poor our frontline penalty corner runners have been at defence. Not persisting with Pathak throughout the match is a cause too.