India vs Spain Hockey World Cup Highlight: 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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India vs Spain Live Score, Hockey World Cup: Australia thrashed France 8-0

In the second game of the day, which also took place at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar like the first match, Australia faced France. The Hockeyroos were at their usual best and thrashed the French 8-0 to announce their arrival at the World Cup with the intention to lift their fourth World Cup. 

While the first quarter resulted in only a solitary goal, three goals each were scored by the Australian side in the second and third quarters with one goal coming in the fourth quarter. Tom Craig and legendary Jeremy Hayward scored hat tricks while a goal each was scored by Ogilvie Flynn and Tom Wickham. 
 

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India vs Spain Live Score, Hockey World Cup: Argentina beat South Africa in the first game 

In the first match of the evening, Argentina played South Africa and what was a very tight game, resulted in a 1-0 win for the former. The only goal in the game was scored in the third quarter by Casella Maico in the 42nd minute
 

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India vs Spain Live Score, Hockey World Cup: Key Details

 

Match- India vs Spain

Group D

Time- 07:00 pm IST

Venue: Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela

Tournament- FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023

Broadcast and Live Streaming- Star Sports and Disney Plus Hotstar

 

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India vs Spain Live Score, Hockey World Cup: Spain Squad for the World Cup

 

Andreas Rafi, Alejandro Alonso, Cesar Curiel, Xavi Gispert, Borja Lacalle, Álvaro Iglesias, Ignacio Rodríguez, Enrique Gonzalez, Gerard Clapes, Andreas Rafi, Jordi Bonastre, Joaquin Menini, Mario Garin, Marc Reyne, Marc Miralles, Pepe Cunill, Marc Recasens, Pau Cunill and Marc Vizcaino.

 

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India vs Spain Live Score, Hockey World Cup: Spanish side all prepared as well

 

The Spanish team is also very much prepared for the encounter as it has played two games against India already in Odisha and did well in both games, winning one and drawing in the other before eventually losing it in the shoot-out. Here’s Spain’s squad for the World Cup. 

 

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India vs Spain Live Score, Hockey World Cup: Indian squad for the World Cup

 

Goalkeepers: Krishan Bahadur Pathak, PR Sreejesh

 

Defenders: Jarmanpreet Singh, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh (captain), Varun Kumar, Amit Rohidas (vice-captain), Nilam Sanjeep Xess

 

Midfielders: Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Shamsher Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Akashdeep Singh

 

Forwards: Mandeep Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Abhishek, Sukhjeet Singh

 

Alternate players: Rajkumar Pal, Jugraj Singh

 

Head coach: Graham Reid

 

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India vs Spain Live Score, Hockey World Cup: It’s a Group D encounter

 

The Indian team is placed in Group D alongside England, Wales and Spain and the topper of each group gets to go straight to the quarterfinal. Therefore the Indian team would be looking to top their group and make an easy way to the quarterfinals. 

 

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India vs Spain Live Score, Hockey World Cup: The beginning of India’s campaign

 

The Indian hockey team will be opening its account on the opening day of the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup, 2023 against Spain. The match will be the fourth of the day as the tournament already started with the opening encounter between Argentina and South Africa. 

 

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Welcome to the live coverage of India vs Spain encounter in the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of India vs Spain encounter in the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023. This Group D match takes place at the Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium. Stay tuned to Business Standard for all updates from the match.