India dismantled Olympic champions Argentina, who dropped to fifth place
Reid was happy with his team's performance in the recently-concluded FIH Pro League matches against the Netherlands, world champions Belgium and Australia.
India is looking really sharp as well, and they have been playing well which is something we saw in their initial two matches against the Dutch, says Belgium Captain Thomas Briels
India had a great start to their FIH Pro League campaign as they defeated the Netherlands in both their matches last month.
India vs Belgium hockey match will be telecast live on Star Sports 2 HD and Star Sports 2 with English Commentary from 5 pm IST on Saturday and Sunday
Indian goalkeeper PR Sreejesh gave consecutive penalties strokes away in the first two Australian attempts during shootout
With less than 150 days to go for the start of Tokyo Olympics, Harmanpreet said the team needs to work upon in some areas.
India vs Australia hockey match will be telecast live on Star Sports 3 with English commentary on Saturday. You can also live stream the match on the over-the-top (OTT) platform Hotstar.
India's goals came from the sticks of Raj Kumar Pal (36th, 47th) and Rupinder Pal Singh (52nd)
Goals by Alexander Hendrickx (3'), and Maxime Plennevaux (17' & 26') that ensured Belgium's victory while goals by Vivek Sagar Prasad (15'), and Amit Rohidas (17') kept India in the hunt
Indian hockey team were quick to get off the blocks with debutant Raj Kumar Pal setting up a fantastic goal within 90 seconds of play
Ramandeep Singh scored the decisive goal for the home side in the 47th minute via a penalty corner to give world number four India a victory in front of a frenzied crowd at the Kalinga Stadium
After skipping the first edition of FIH Pro Hockey League in 2019, India made a dream debut at the League, collecting five points from the opening tie against the Netherlands hockey team.
Belgium on Wednesday arrived in Bhubaneshwar for the FIH Hockey Pro League matches, scheduled to be played on February 8 and 9 at the Kalinga Stadium.
The team which will be captained by Manpreet Singh along with Vice Captain Harmanpreet Singh and includes new comer Raj Kumar Pal
Raj Kumar Pal was impressive in his stint with the India Colts team in the past season when it won a silver medal at the Sultan of Johor Cup in Malaysia
Indian team made a dream debut at the FIH Pro League, beating world number three Netherlands 5-2 in the first tie of the double header
India are top of the FIH Hockey Pro League points table with five points from two game.
India rode on goals from Gurjant Singh (1'), Rupinder Pal Singh (12', 46'), Mandeep Singh (34') and Lalit Upadhyay (36'). Jip Janssen (14') and Jeroen Hertzberger (28') scored for the Dutch.
We had a very good start and of course, every coach wants the start like that where the first press works and we get a goal, says India head coach Graham Reid