The Indian hockey team have made a blazing start to their Hockey World Cup 2023 campaign, beating Spain 2-0 in their opening match. It was a convincing win for the Indian side as they dominated the game from start to finish. The win marks an encouraging start for India in their quest to make an impact at this year's tournament. .Mohit revealed that the team's performance was never in question.
"The difference in terms of style, game plan, execution was always going to be the difference," Mohit explained."The boys have performed really well today and it is a good start for us.” In a crunch match against Spain, India scored the opening goal of their campaign in the penalty corner with a brilliant finish by Rupinder Pal Singh. India were awarded the penalty stroke in the 22nd minute after their goalkeeper was penalised for encroachment.
The Indians also added another goal just five minutes later when Lalit Upadhyaya finished off a solo effort to give his side an emphatic 2-0 win over Spain.The Indian team will now take on Japan on Wednesday at 7pm IST, who managed to beat Malaysia 2-1 in their opening fixture of Pool A.
