Hockey World Cup 2023 | After finishing on second spot in their Pool, India are forced to play a crossover match to qualify for the Quarterfinals. The Men in Blue face Black sticks on January 22.
India are coming into Sunday's match after a below-par 4-2 win over tournament debutants Wales, forcing them to play in the crossovers instead of direct quarterfinals, which they would have played had they topped Pool D.
Rupinder Pal Singh was part of India's Bronze medal winning team in Tokyo Olympics 2021. He retired after the tournament.
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Currently ranked 12th in the world as against India's sixth position, New Zealand, who have never reached the semifinals, have also not done anything extraordinary in the tournament
Hardik ruled out: Singh, who scored a brilliant solo goal in India's 2-0 win over Spain in the opening match, will be replaced by alternate player Raj Kumar Pal.
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Earlier, the Netherlands and England also booked direct quarterfinal berths after topping Pool C and Pool D respectively.
Hockey World Cup 2023 | The Indian Hockey team finished on second spot in Pool D after beating Wales in their final group game. India will face New Zealand in their cross-over match to qualify for the quarterfinals.
Both India and England ended their group engagements on seven points each after winning two matches and drawing one but the European side topped Pool D based on superior goal difference.
While the Netherlands qualified directly for the last-eight round, Malaysia and New Zealand from pool C will play crossover matches to book their place in the quarterfinals.
With India able to convert just 3 goals, they will now play the crossover games.
Sreejesh, who has played 226 senior international matches since making his debut in 2006, has won medals in all prestigious tournaments, except for World Cup.
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If England loses or draws against Spain, there will be no headache for India as they just need to beat Wales by any margin to top Pool D, considered the group of death -- and qualify directly for the quarter-finals.
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