In Paris Olympics 2024, the Indian hockey team defeated Ireland 2-0. Captain Harmanpreet Singh scored both the goals for India. With this win, India has secured the first position in Group-B. This was India's third match. In the first match, India defeated New Zealand. In the second match, a draw was played against Argentina. By defeating Ireland, the Indian team has reached the number one position in its Group B. The Indian team has 7 points with 2 wins and 1 draw.
India's next match is now against Belgium. Both teams will face each other on August 1. Before the match against India, Belgium has to play against Australia. Both Australia and Belgium have played two matches each and both have won the matches. Belgium is second in the group and Australia is third. Argentina is at number four. New Zealand and Ireland are at number five and sixth respectively. On Tuesday itself, Belgium has to play against Australia and Argentina has to play against New Zealand. If the New Zealand team loses, it will be out of the race for the quarter-finals.
India had a good start against Ireland. In the second minute itself, the Indian team got a penalty corner. However, Harmanpreet Singh could not convert it into a goal. India will have to overcome this weakness of penalty corners. India has also got 13 penalty corners in the last two matches. The Indian team could score goals in only two of these.