FIH Men's Hockey Pro League 2022-23 India 2-1 Argentina Highlights

Hello and welcome to the live blog for India vs Argentina match in FIH Men's Hockey Pro League 2022-23 in Eindhoven.

The Indian men’s hockey team will take on the Netherlands and Argentina in the final leg of their European tour in the FIH Men’s Hockey Pro League 2022-23. The matches begin from Wednesday, June 6 onwards and will end on June 11, 2023. India concluded the first leg on a positive note by winning a bonus point through shoot-offs (after the match finished in a draw) against Great Britain.

India will first take on the Netherlands on June 6 and on the following day will be up against Argentina. Then after a break of two days, India will cap off its FIH Pro-League 2022-23 campaign after facing the Netherlands (June 10th) and Argentina (June 11th). The Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist were on top of the points table before their trip to Europe but after back-to-back losses against Belgium and Great Britain, they slid down to the second spot with 24 points.

The Stakes

India

After winning a match overall (apart from the shoot-off win) in the London leg, the Indian team will look to finish the FIH Men’s Hockey Pro League 2022-23 on a high and get to maximum points possible. Craig Fulton started his reign with two losses playing defensively but came back strong in the next two defeating Olympic champions Belgium (5-1) and drawing Great Britain (4-4).

Argentina

Argentina are one of the four teams to have played 12 matches each in the current edition of FIH Men’s Hockey Pro League 2022-23. They are currently ranked fifth in the points table with 13 points from 12 matches (wins-2, loss-5, draws-5). Casello Maico has been the pick of the players from the South American side who has scored four goals from ten matches.

Head-To-Head

India vs Argentina head-to-head

• Matches Played: 57
• India: 31
• England: 20
• Draw: 6

Squads

India

Krishan Bahadur Pathak, PR Sreejesh, Harmanpreet Singh (Captain), Amit Rohidas, Jarmanpreet Singh, Manpreet Singh, Sumit, Sanjay, Mandeep Mor, Gurinder Singh, Hardik Singh (Vice Captain), Dilpreet Singh, Moirangthem Rabichandra Singh, Shamsher Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Abhishek, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, S Karthi, Gurjant Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Raj Kumar Pal, Mandeep Singh, Simranjeet Singh.

Argentina

Tomas Mathias Santiago, Lucas Martinez, Thomas Habif, Santiago Tarazona, Agustin Alejandro, Nicolas Cicileo, Federico Monja, Matias Rey, Lucas Toscani, Nicolas Keenan, Tadeo Marcucci, Lucio Mendez, Juan Ignacio, Martin Ferreiro, Nicolas Torre, Agustin Machellet, Agustin Bugallo, Maico Casella, Ignacio Nepote, Tomas Domene, Nehuen Hernando, Nicolas Acosta.