The Indian men’s hockey team celebrated the Indian Women’s hockey team’s historic medal
The Indian men’s hockey team celebrated the Indian Women’s hockey team’s historic medal. Commonwealth Games 2022 are over and India performed exceptionally well in the tournament with 61 medals in total India managed to grab the 5th spot in the countries list. Recently the Indian women’s hockey team performed well in the Olympics, so people were expecting a medal from them.
In their semi-final match against Australia to reach the finals, the game ended in a draw. There were a lot of controversies around the penalty shootout that led to the Indian team playing for bronze. The girls didn’t disappoint and clinched the bronze medal against New Zealand. The scores were tied after 1-1 in the match which led to a penalty shootout. In the shootout, India scored a victory with 2-1.
Indian Women Hockey team celebrated their historic win
On Sunday, the Indian women’s hockey team won a medal for the first time in 16 years. India was heading to victory with 1-0 but the penalties proved by Olivia Mary(NZ) made the score 1-1. The Indian women’s hockey team celebrated their bronze medal with the Indian men’s hockey team as they welcomed the women players. Indian men’s hockey team on the pathway clapping for the women players passing by. The Indian team exchanged High fives and congratulated the women’s players on their win.
Hockey India posted a video on their official Twitter handle and wrote ” there is joy and enjoyment in the air as a bronze medalist returns to the well desert welcome from our men’s India Hockey team. “This year was one of the successful years of Commonwealth for India with many historic medals on a plate. Historic metal in hockey to historic medal in high jump India was a force in CWG 2022.