IND vs SA | India will take on South Africa as one of the top two spots are up for grabs. India defeated Japan while South Africa defeated the USA to reach the finals. South Africa outplayed USA 1-2 while India stunned Japan 7-2 to seal a berth in the finals. Now both the teams will fight for the top spot in Bhubaneshwar which shall give access to the FIH Olympic qualifiers that are slated in October-November this year.
India are unbeaten in the competition so far and they also have an upper hand over their rivals. Both the teams have met twice since 2013 where India have emerged victorious on both the occasions. In total, India has scored 10 goals while South Africa have scored only two.
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The match will be played in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha on 15th June
Time – 19:15 IST
Total- 02
India- 02
South Africa- 00
Goals- 12
India- 10
South Africa- 00
India Men Hockey Squad
Kumar Surender, Singh Manpreet, Singh Mandeep, Pathak Kishan, Singh Harmanpreet, Sharma Nilakanta., Kumar Varun, Singh Gurinder, Singh Akashdeep, Singh Ramandeep, Prasad Vivek, Lakra Birendra, Singh Hardik, Singh Simranjeet, Sumit, Rohidas Amit, Singh Gursahibjit, Parattu Sreejesh
South Africa Men Hockey Squad
Dlungwana Tyson, Smith Austin, Stewart Alex, Drummond Tim, Lembethe Nduduza, Horne Keenan, Kok Tevin, Eustice Jethro, Pieterse Rassie, Spooner Nicholas, Ntuli Nqobile, Brown Matthew, Pautz Richard, De Sousa Matthew, Dart Taylor, Mvimbi Owen, Julius Ryan, Nolutshungu Siyavuya
Goal-Keeper- R Pieterse
Defender- Harmanpreet Singh, A Smith, Varun Kumar, Surender Kumar
Mid-Fielder- T Drummond, Manpreet Singh, M d Sousa, Nilakanta Sharma, O Mvimbi
Forward– Akashdeep Singh
Captain/Vice-Captain Picks
Harmanpreet Singh and Manpreet Singh are our captain/vice-captain pick for the match.