FIH Men's Hockey Pro League 2022-23: India 6-3 Germany highlights

Hello and welcome to the live blog for India vs Germany match in FIH Men’s Hockey Pro League 2023 at the Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela.

India defeated Germany in the first game and the team is riding in high spirits after beating Australia 5-4 in the previous game. India faces Germany in the second leg of the FIH Men's Pro League 2022-23. Follow India vs Australia match live updates here.

A spirited performance by the Indian Men’s Hockey Team helped them register a thrilling 5-4 win against Australia here at the magnificent Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in the FIH Men’s Hockey Pro League 2022-23 on Sunday.

Riding on their impressive 3-2 win against reigning World Champions Germany, the Indian attack powered through each quarter setting up some mouth-watering goals against Australia. It was a hat-trick by Captain Harmanpreet Singh (14′, 15′, 56′), and a goal each by Jugraj Singh (18′) and Selvam Karthi (26′) that helped in India’s victory while Joshua Beltz (3′), Ky Willott (43′), Ben Staines (53′) and Aran Zalewski (57′) scored for Australia.

The Stakes

India

Last year, India hosted New Zealand and Spain in the first leg of the FIH Men’s Hockey Pro League. The hosts performed well, winning two matches against New Zealand and are currently in the second spot. India will be up against World Champions Germany and a formidable Australian side in the second leg.

Germany

Germany will come back with fresh memories after winning the World Cup in India. The Mats Grambusch-led German team is placed in the fourth spot with eleven points from six games. India and Australia shall look to strengthen their defence, especially at the fag end of the game. In the previous leg, they clinched a 3-2 win against Belgium, while they defeated Argentina 3-0. In the reverse fixture, they lost against Belgium while managing a draw against Argentina.

India vs Germany Head to Head

Matches Played – 103India – 23Germany – 53Draw – 27

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Squads

India

PR Sreejesh, Pawan, Harmanpreet Singh, Jugraj Singh, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Jarmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Manjeet, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Moirangthem Rabichandra Singh, Vishnukant Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Shamsher Singh, Raj Kumar Pal, S. Karthi, Sukhjeet Singh, Abhishek, Gurjant Singh

Germany

Alexander Stadler, Antheus Barry, Constantin Staib, Elian Mazkour, Erik Kleinlein, Gonzalo Peillat, Hannes Müller, Jean Danneberg, Justus Weigand, Linus Müller, Malte Hellwig, Marco Miltkau, Martin Zwicker, Mathias Müller, Mats Grambusch, Michel Struthoff, Moritz Ludwig, Niklas Bosserhoff, Paul Kaufmann, Teo Hinrichs, Thies Prinz, Tom Grambusch