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India vs Ghana Highlights, Commonwealth Games 2022: Gurjit scores twice; IND off to dominant start with 5-0 win over GHA
India vs Ghana Commonwealth Games 2022 Highlights: Indian women's hockey team recorded a 5-0 win against Ghana in the Pool A opener at the University of Birmingham Hockey and Squash centre in Birmingham.
India vs Ghana Highlights, Commonwealth Games 2022: Indian women's hockey team began their campaign with a 5-0 win over Ghana in the Pool A game in Birmingham. Goals from Gurjit Kaur, Neha, Sangita Kumari and Salima Tete helped India outwit Ghana in their opener. The Indian side hopes to break their 16-year medal drought in the Games. India's last medal in CWG came in 2006 Melbourne. The only other medal that the Indian women bagged in the Games since hockey's introduction in 1998 was a gold in the 2002 edition in Manchester. The Savita Punia-led side finished a disappointing ninth in the recently concluded World Cup but it would hope to replicate Olympics performance, having secured a historic fourth-place finish in Tokyo last year. India are clubbed in Pool A alongside hosts England, Canada, Wales and Ghana, while Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Scotland and Kenya complete Pool B.
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The only other time the Indian women's hockey team faced Ghana was in the World League Round 2 back in 2014-15. The game was held in India, which saw the home side team thrash Ghana 13-0.
Captained by Savita Punia, India will square off against Ghana in the opening match on July 29, before playing Wales on July 30, England on August 02 and Canada on August 03 in the pool phase.
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The opening act of Commonwealth Games on Thursday marked the beginning of 11 days of sporting action in Birmingham! Double Olympic medallist badminton ace PV Sindhu and Indian men's hockey team captain Manpreet Singh were chosen as the country's flag bearers.
On Day 1 at the Games, India women's hockey team is all set to kick off their campaign against Ghana! The Indians are clubbed in Pool A alongside hosts England, Canada, Wales and Ghana, while Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Scotland and Kenya complete Pool B. STAY TUNED FOR LIVE UPDATES!
