Indian Hockey Team, Paris Olympics 2024: In the Paris Olympics 2024, the Indian hockey team has entered the semi-finals by showing a strong game. But before this, the team has suffered a major setback. Star player Amit Rohidas has been banned for one match. In such a situation, he will not be seen playing in the semi-finals. Amit is an excellent defender. His absence from the team can weaken the team’s defense.
This ban has been imposed on Rohidas by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). Hockey India has also reacted to this. They have said that they will appeal against this decision. In the semi-finals, India will face the winner of the quarter-finals between Germany and Argentina. This match will be held on 6 August.
Actually, this whole matter started from the quarter finals, when Amit got a red card in the 17th minute of this match. Due to this card, he has also been banned. This red card matter has been quite controversial, about which Hockey India has also complained.
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Amit got a red card in the second quarter
The second quarter of the match was full of controversies. In the 17th minute of the game, Indian player Amit Rohidas got a red card. That means the Indian team played with 10 players for the remaining 43 minutes. Amit’s stick hit Will Callan’s face.
In such a situation, the German video umpire believed that Amit had done this intentionally. In such a situation, the field umpire showed Amit a red card on the advice of the video umpire. The Indian players believed that this was not done intentionally. It would have been more appropriate if the video umpire had given a yellow card.
Defeated in shootout after match was drawn
The Indian hockey team made a strong comeback despite the red card. Captain Harmanpreet Singh scored a goal in the 22nd minute of the game to put India 1-0 ahead against Great Britain. However, Great Britain soon equalized when Lee Morton scored a goal in the 27th minute.
After this, no goals were scored in the remaining two quarters and the match went into a shootout. Sreejesh made many saves in this match. Ultimately, the Indian team won the match 4-2 in the shootout.
Indian Hockey Team for Paris Olympics 2024
Goalkeeper: PR Sreejesh.
Defenders: Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Harmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Sanjay.
Midfielders: Rajkumar Pal, Shamsher Singh, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad.
Forwards: Abhishek, Sukhjit Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh.
Substitute players: Neelkant Sharma, Jugraj Singh, Krishna Bahadur Pathak.