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India vs Spain Hockey World Cup Highlights: IND start campaign with 2-0 win

India vs Spain, Hockey World Cup 2023 Highlights: The Indian team started its World Cup campaign with a 2-0 win against Spain in their first Group D encounter. Amit Rohidas and Hardik Singh scored

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Hardik Singh (8) of India with teammates celebrates after scoring a goal against Spain during a matc

Hardik Singh (8) of India with teammates celebrates after scoring a goal against Spain during a match of FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023, in Rourkela, Odisha, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. PTI Photo

8:01 PM

India vs Spain Live Score, Hockey World Cup: Surender Kumar with a save, India end first half on a high


India 2-0 Spain

First Half Ends, Quarter 2 Ends

Surender Kumar put in a great save as the Indian goalkeeper KB Pathak was left alone with just Surender alongside him who put out a stick and saved the ball from brewing passed to the waiting Spanish forward. This was the last play of the quarter and the first half as goals from Amit Rohidas and Hardik Singh keep India 2-0 
7:58 PM

India vs Spain Live Score, Hockey World Cup: Akashdeep given a green card 


India 2-0 Spain

Quarter- 2

India’s Akshsdeep Singh has been asked to stay off the pitch for two minutes after getting a green card for a bad tackle on the Spanish forwards 
 
7:55 PM

India vs Spain Live Score, Hockey World Cup: Hardik Singh scores the second for India


India 2-0 Spain

Quarter- 2

04 Minutes to Go 

Right after conceding a penalty corner, India have scored the second goal on the counter-attack as Hardik Singh, in an attempt to pass the ball to Lalit Upadhyay, managed to put the goal in the box. 
7:51 PM

India vs Spain Live Score, Hockey World Cup: Its been Quite in the second half


India 1-0 Spain

Quarter- 2

07 Minutes to Go 

The second quarter has so far been quiet with not a lot of moves from whether sides and particularly India have been too defensive after going all out in the last few minutes of the first quarter 
7:43 PM

India vs Spain Live Score, Hockey World Cup: India dominate the first quarter


The first quarter of the game is over and it is India who have dominated the proceedings with three penalty corners and 14 circle penetrations against Spain’s 0 penalty corners and only three circle penetrations 
 
7:38 PM

India vs Spain Live Score, Hockey World Cup: 3rd penalty corner for India 


Now, India get their third penalty corner of the game and it is in the dying moments of the first quarter and India have been unable to score on this one. But suddenly there is a lot of spurt in the game from the Indian side 
 
7:36 PM

India vs Spain Live Score, Hockey World Cup: Amit Rohidas scores, India 1-0 up


Amit Rohidas, the Indian vice-captain scored the first goal of the game as it came off the rebound after the early shot from Harmanpreet. It is also India’s 200th goal for the Indian team in World Cup history. 
 
7:34 PM

India vs Spain Live Score, Hockey World Cup: India get the first Penalty Corner and waste it 


India have the first penalty corner and there is a good opportunity for skipper Harmanpreet Singh as India waste it with a variation with Harman not even getting a shot at goal. 
 
7:32 PM

India vs Spain Live Score, Hockey World Cup: Brilliant defending by Spain so far 


The Spanish defence has been very tight early in the game as they have allowed the Indians almost no space to take the shots at goal. India has been good enough to try and penetrate the circle as much as it could 
 
7:28 PM

India vs Spain Live Score, Hockey World Cup: India seeking possession 


The first eight minutes of the game have all been Spain as India is looking to get the possessions of the ball. There have not been any brilliant moves by either side so far and the Indian side is lacking to get the balls in the midfield. 
 
7:23 PM

India vs Spain Live Score, Hockey World Cup: Iglesia wastes a golden chance


Andres Iglesia of Spain wasted a golden opportunity in the first 60 seconds of the game as he had an open goal in front of him, but could not finish the game 
 
7:21 PM

India vs Spain Live Score, Hockey World Cup: The national anthems are done it's now time for the game


The national anthems of both the teams are done and now is the time for the game to begin before that Naveen Patnaik the patron of Indian hockey and the CM of Odisha presented the International Hockey Federation with a memento to commemorate the moment of India playing its first World Cup game at the largest Hockey Stadium in the world. 
 
7:17 PM

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6:54 PM

India vs Spain Live Score, Hockey World Cup: The Lineups are out

6:51 PM

India vs Spain Live Score, Hockey World Cup: England lead Wales 4-0


In the third game of the day, England is already leading their neighbours Wales 4-0 with seven minutes to go in the fourth quarter. Goals have been scored by Park Nicholas, who scored in the very first minute, Ansell Liam in the 27th and 37th minutes through penalty corners and Roper Phil through a field goal in the 41st minute. 
 

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First Published: Jan 13 2023 | 5:34 PM IST