Women’s Hockey World Cup 2022: Captain Savita Punia Stars In India 3-2 Win Over Canada In Shootout; India Vs Canada Womens Hockey Match Report – Women’s Hockey World Cup: India beat Canada 3-2 in a shootout, captain Savita Poonia won the match

India has won its first match in the Women’s Hockey World Cup. Team India defeated Canada 3-2 in a shootout on Tuesday, thanks to the brilliant goalkeeping of captain Savita Poonia. The score was tied at 1-1 after full time and the match reached a shootout. Indian goalkeeper and captain Savita Poonia saved many goals in the shootout. Also, during the match, Canadian players were prevented from scoring. Savita’s birthday was also on 11th July. The Indian players gave him the gift of victory. The Indian team is already out of the medal race. With the remaining match, Team India has started preparing for the Commonwealth Games. India had lost 1-0 in the crossover match against Spain. A total of 16 teams are participating in this Women’s Hockey World Cup. Five of these teams belong to the Confederation Nations. Talking about the match, the Indian team was trailing 1-0 in the first quarter itself. Canada’s Madeleine Seko scored a penalty corner in the 11th minute. For two quarters i.e. half time, Canada’s team had taken a 1-0 lead. In the second half i.e. fourth quarter, the Indian team continued the counter attack continuously. Team India got the benefit of this. In the 58th minute, Salima Tete scored on the rebound and leveled the score at 1-1. Actually, Gurjit Kaur’s drag flick on the penalty corner was stopped by Rowan Harris. After this, Salima Tete brought the ball to the goalpost on the rebound. The match reached a shootout after the score was tied at 1-1 till full time. In this too, the start of Team India was not good. India was trailing 0-2 in the shootout. After this, Navneet Kaur and Sonika Tandi made India level with the goal. After this both the teams missed three penalty corners each. Kathleen Leigh also missed the fourth penalty shoot for Canada. At the same time, India’s Neha Goyal did not miss the chance of the last penalty shoot and gave India victory. Navneet Kaur was adjudged the player of the match.

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