In yet another success at sporting event, India’s Women’s hockey team has qualified for the semi finals by defeating the Australian team with 1-0 in the quarter-final match today and got a historic win in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. India scored the victory goal after Gurjit Kaur scored from a penalty corner in the 22nd minute of the game.
It is a true Chak De of Indian women’s hockey team in Japan against Australia, as if reputation of last scene of the SRK led movie.
The world rank no. 9 women’s side also entered the history books with a phenomenally gritty performance. Coming into the match, the odds were totally against India as in world no.2 Australia, a mighty unbeaten opponent, awaited them in the last four round.
Indian women’s hockey team qualified for the semi-final match after men’s hockey team qualified
India’s women team finished their Pool A proceedings in the fourth place with six points, riding on back-to-back wins over Ireland and South Africa. The top four teams from each pool made it to the knockout stage.
The Indian women’s hockey team scripted history on Monday by qualifying for the Olympic Games semifinals for the first time, beating three-time champions Australia
The Indian women hockey team’s best finish at the Olympics came on debut in Moscow back in 1980 when it ended up at the fourth position among six teams.
In that edition, only six teams participated out of which India finished fourth in a round-robin format competition with no classification or elimination matches.
After losing their first three matches against Netherlands, Germany and defending champions Great Britain, the Indian women made a brilliant comeback, defeating higher-ranked Ireland 1-0 and overpowering South Africa 4-3 to keep themselves in the hunt.
