Hockey World League Semi-Final: Indian women’s team aims for win vs USA

In the first match of the Hockey World League Semi-Final, world No. 12 India salvaged a 0-0 draw against hosts South Africa, who are ranked No. 13 in the world. The Indian women’s team will face USA on Monday.

Published on: Jul 10, 2017, 01:08:37 IST

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Indian women’s hockey team would hope to do well against a higher-ranked United States of America (USA) in their second Pool B match of the Hockey World league Semi-Final in South Africa on Monday.

The Indian women's hockey team would hope to do well in the second match of the Hockey World League Semi-Final agianst USA. (AFP)

In their first match, world No. 12 India salvaged a 0-0 draw against hosts South Africa, who are ranked No. 13 in the world.

India also have world No. 3 Argentina and world No. 20 Chile in their group of the Hockey World league Semi-Final, which is also a World Cup Qualifier.

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In the first match, brilliant goalkeeping by Savita Punia saw India hold hosts South Africa 0-0 in their first match at the Women’s Hockey World League Semi-Final on Saturday.

South Africa were clearly the more attacking of the two sides but Indian defence held off the wave of attacks to earn a point.

Match timing: India vs USA (9:30 pm IST)

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