India's Araijeet Singh Hundal (7’), Gurjant Singh (18’), and Harmanpreet Singh (29’, 50’, and 52’) found the net, while Argentina's Federico Monja (3’), Nicolas Keenan (24’), Tadeo Marucci (54’), and Lucas Martinez (57’) scored for their team.
India have to overcome the reigning Olympic Champions Belgium (World No. 2), Australia (World No. 3), Argentina (World No. 7), New Zealand (World No. 10), and Ireland (World No. 11) in Pool B to secure a top-four finish in the pool to progress to the quarterfinals.
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
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.
It is very important we follow safety protocols when we return home for a break. We have been given strict instructions from our coaching staff and Hockey India on SOPs to follow when we return home.