India vs New Zealand Hockey World Cup 2023: Midfielder Hardik Singh suffered a hamstring injury during the match against England on January 15. Due to this injury, he did not play in the match against Wales. With this, tomorrow’s match has become a nightmare for Team India.
Hockey World Cup 2023: Everything happened because of fear. Hardik Singh was dropped from the Indian team. Due to this, India’s difficulties increased before the match against New Zealand. Midfielder Hardik Singh suffered a hamstring injury during the match against England on January 15. Due to this injury, he did not play in the match against Wales. The team’s medical staff is monitoring his injury in hopes of his recovery. But, as that hope did not come true, Hardik Singh had to withdraw from the Hockey World Cup.
On the decision to drop Hardik Singh, Chief Coach Graham Reid said, “It was a very difficult decision for us to take. But we had to come to a decision before the match against New Zealand that Hardik Singh will not be able to play in this Hockey World Cup,” he said.
Who will replace Hardik in the Indian team?
Now the question has become who will replace Hardik Singh in the upcoming match against New Zealand. So Graham Reid also answered this. He announced that Rajkumar Paul will replace Hardik Singh in the team.
Commenting on Hardik’s injury, Graham Reid said, “Initially the injury did not seem too serious. But now it turns out that recovery from that injury takes time and requires rehabilitation. After that we came to the decision that Rajkumar Paul will replace Hardik in the team. We are deeply saddened by Hardik’s departure. Especially in the first two matches he played his best, brilliant game. But now it is true that Raj Kumar will replace him’.
India will be in the quarter finals only if they beat New Zealand.
The Indian team is currently ranked second in the Hockey World Cup pool. And to reach the quarter finals, it is mandatory to win the crossover against New Zealand on Sunday. Hardik Singh is likely to play a key role for India in this match. But, as he dropped out, there was excitement over this match.
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