{"id":205732,"date":"2024-02-12T10:03:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T10:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/12\/player-ratings-for-indian-team-from-a-thrilling-contest\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:21:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:21:54","slug":"player-ratings-for-indian-team-from-a-thrilling-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/12\/player-ratings-for-indian-team-from-a-thrilling-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Player ratings for Indian team from a thrilling contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Indian men\u2019s hockey team drew their FIH Pro League game against the Netherlands 2-2 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Sunday, February 11. That wasn\u2019t all, India then won the penalty shootout to take the extra point and gain the bragging rights from the match.<\/p>\n

In what was an exciting and even contest, the Dutch were off the mark quickly and overwhelmed India with their speed in the early part of the first quarter. However, the Indians soon found their footing and made some good attacking maneuvers.<\/p>\n

One of them led to the hosts taking the lead, in the 13th minute. It was, unsurprisingly, FIH Men\u2019s Player of the Year Hardik Singh<\/a> who played a key part in the set-up. He worked beautifully with Sukhjeet Singh in the right-hand side of the circle and eventually scored the goal himself.<\/p>\n

India created more good chances but the Dutch team was too good to be kept off the scoreboard for long. In the dying seconds of the first half, an error from Sumit put India in serious danger of conceding a goal. A strike from a Netherlands attacker was desperately deflected over the backline by Manpreet Singh, but get gave the Dutch team a penalty corner.<\/p>\n