Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singhcongratulated team members and coaches for securing its place in semis ofOlympic men’s hockey after four decades.
Taking to Twitter, Punjab CM congratulated the team Indiaand said,” Streller performance by the Indian’s men hockey team at #Tokyo Olympic to beat GreatBritain by 3-1 & entering Olympictop 4 after 41 years. Happy to note that all 3 goals were scored by Punjabplayers Dilpreet Singh, Gurhant Singh & Hardik Singh. Congratulations… gofor Gold
Notably, the Indian men’s hockey team defeated GreatBritain 3-1 in a quarterfinal match to qualify for the semifinals of OlympicsGames after 41 years here on Sunday.
India scored three field goals through Dilpreet Singh(7th minute), Gurjant Singh (16th) and Hardik Singh (57th) to seal the win forthe eight-time Olympic champions.The lone goal for Great Britain was scored bySam Ward in the 45th minute.
Even though India’s last of the eight Olympic gold medalscame way back in 1980 Moscow Games, there were no semifinals in that edition asonly six teams participated in the event.
The last time India featured in the semifinals of theOlympics was in 1972 Munich Games where they lost 0-2 to arch-rivals Pakistan.
India will take on world champions Belgium in thesemifinal on Tuesday. Belgium defeated Spain 3-1 in another quarterfinal toseal their place in the last four round.
The other semifinal of the men’s hockey competition willbe played between Australia and Germany.
(By Dinesh Sharma)