India beat Germany 3-2 (Twitter)
The 26-year-old Sukhjeet struck twice whereas captain Harmanpreet Singh netted the opposite as India shocked the World Champions Germany within the first sport following the World Cup debacle
Striker Sukhjeet Singh struck a second half brace as India surprised world champions Germany 3-2 within the FIH Pro League hockey, which is their first outing after the World Cup debacle on Friday.
The 26-year-old Sukhjeet, one of many gamers who survived the axe after India’s shock pre-quarterfinal exit within the World Cup in January, scored within the thirty first and forty second minutes, each objectives coming from discipline efforts.
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His captain Harmanpreet Singh, joint top-scorer within the match to date, had given the house facet the lead within the thirtieth minute via a penalty nook conversion.
Harmanpreet had additionally flopped large time throughout the World Cup held right here and in Bhubaneswar as he had struggled to search out the goal from his drag flick within the large matches within the showpiece.
India had been 3-0 up within the forty second minute earlier than Paul-Philipp Kaufmann and Michel Struthoff struck for Germany within the forty fourth and 57th minutes respectively.
The Germans, who got here with a number of gamers of their World Cup-winning group, struggled to attain from the penalty corners. They bought six PCs as in opposition to 4 of India.
India face Australia on Sunday and Germany once more within the second leg on Monday.
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