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Belgium's Alexander Hendrickx (19th, 49th and 53rd min) scored a hat-trick.

Vandana Katariya (4th, 17th, 49th minutes) scored a hat-trick while young Neha Goyal (32nd) was the other goal getter for India.

This is India's best performance in the league phase in the last four decades as they had last finished second in the group in the 1980 Moscow Olympics when they won their eighth and last gold medal so far

Drubbed 1-7 by Australia in their last match, India produced a spirited performance against world No.9 Spain.

Australia looked dominant from the onset and scored through Daniel Beale (10th minute), Joshua Beltz (26th), Andrew Flynn Ogilvie (23rd), Jeremy Hayward (21st), Blake Govers (40th, 42nd) and Tim Brand

Harmanpreet Singh scored the brace for India while Rupinder Pal Singh scored against the Kiwis. But it was the safe gloves of experienced goalkeeper PR Sreejesh who ensured the team gets off to a winning start in the campaign.

The tournament will be held by Hockey Hyderabad for a period of three months

The Indian captain said it was not easy to prepare the team physically and mentally when the Games were delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Under Manpreet's captaincy, the Indian team won the Asia Cup in 2017, the Asian Champions Trophy in 2018 and the FIH Series Final in 2019.

India had last week announced a 16-member team for the Tokyo Games but refrained from naming the captain although it was more or less certain that Rani would lead the side.

The Indian men's hockey team has won 11 Olympic medals, includes eight gold, one silver and two bronze. However, it has been 41 years since the team last won an Olympic medal.

Eight seasoned players -- are part of the 16-member strong squad. The team captain will be announced later, said HI

The Indian men's hockey team is scheduled to begin its campaign on July 24 against New Zealand.

The selection of the final 16 players who will represent the country in Tokyo is awaited and Toppo said there is no dearth of talent in the squad with several youngsters rising the ranks.

The experienced Sreejesh, who has also led the Indian team in the past, was one of the four new members appointed by the Executive Board.

Mukesh Kumar, who earlier served as the secretary before resigning to his post, along with the Telangana Hockey team, met Sports Minister for the State V Srinivas Goud on Thursday.

Singh, a bachelor who lived with his elder sister in a joint family, had recovered from Covid-19. He had a breathing problem, and 'felt depressed', and had anxiety.

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Beauty scored a hat-trick in India's first match against the Chile junior team which helped set up a comfortable 5-3 win.

Having begun Tuesday's match on an attacking note, equipped by good speed and precision in rotating the ball, India looked for potential openings in the striking circle.