Welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of Indian men’s hockey team’s final Tokyo 2020 group game against Japan. This is Dominic Richard taking you through the action as it unfurls at the Oi Hockey Stadium on Friday.
LIVE MATCH UPDATES:
5′ CHANCE FOR INDIA! Harmanpreet Singh sends a dangerous ball into the shooting circle. But a Japanese defender clears it away.
2′ India getting its passing game going early on. Lots of short, quick exchanges in the middle. Having already sealed second place in the group, the Indians will be looking for a morale-boosting win ahead of the quarters.
AND THE MATCH BEGINS!
The players from both teams are out on the field, and it is time for the national anthems, which will be followed by the toss in the middle.
The team lineups are out!
INDIA XI: PR Sreejesh (GK), Birendra Lakra, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Manpreet Singh (C), Hardik Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Dilpreet Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Sumit.
COACH – Graham Reid.
JAPAN XI: Takashi Yoshikawa (GK), Koji Yamasaki, Genki Mitani, Seren Tanaka, Kazuma Murata, Kenta Tanaka, Yuma Nagai, Manabu Yamashita (C), Masaki Ohashi, Shota Yamada, Hirotaka Zendana.
COACH – Siegfried Aikman.
In case you missed it, the Indian Women’s Hockey Team defeated Ireland 1-0 in a Pool A encounter earlier in the day to stay alive in the tournament. India needs to beat South Africa tomorrow and hope that the Irish don’t win against Great Britain to advance to the quarterfinals.
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India reached the quarterfinals of the 2021 men’s Olympics hockey tournament in Tokyo on Thursday, thanks to an inspired 3-1 victory over the 2016 Rio Games gold medallist Argentina, while the Netherlands and Great Britain also progressed to the last-eight stage.
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Tokyo Olympics: India beats Argentina 3-1 to seal quarterfinal berth
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FULL SQUADS: India – P.R. Sreejesh, Manpreet Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh, Surender Kumar, Amit Rohidas, Birendra Lakra, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Nilakanta Sharma, Sumit, Shamsher Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Gurjant Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh, Varun Kumar, Simranjeet Singh. Japan – Koji Yamasaki, Genki Mitani, Seren Tanaka, Hiromasa Ochiai, Kazuma Murata, Kenta Tanaka, Kenji Kitazato, Yuma Nagai, Manabu Yamashita, Kaito Tanaka, Ken Nagayoshi, Kentaro Fukuda, Masaki Ohashi, Shota Yamada, Hirotaka Zendana, Takashi Yoshikawa, Kota Watanabe, Yoshiki Kirishita. |
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs):
- At what time will the Indian men’s hockey team be in action?
The hockey game against Japan will start today at 3 PM IST (6:30 PM local time). - Where to watch Indian events at Tokyo Olympics?
The Sony Sports Network will broadcast Tokyo Olympics live in India.Sony TEN 3 HD/SD will telecast India events with Hindi commentary while Sony TEN 1 HD/SD and Sony TEN 2 HD/SD will have English commentary.
Live streaming of the events will be available on the SonyLIV and JioTV apps.