India had lost 4-5 to France in their opening match but came back strongly to hand Canada a 13-1 defeat in their two preliminary league matches so far
Stunned by France 5-4 in their tournament opener, the Indians roared back into the tournament, scoring through three goals each through Sanjay (17th, 32nd, 59th) and Hundal (40th, 50th, 51st).
Olympic Bronze Medalist Vivek Sagar Prasad to captain the squad and defender Sanjay will shoulder the duties of vice-captain; India will begin the campaign on 24 November with their opening match against France.
Spread over 15 acres of land, the stadium will be constructed in the Biju Patnaik University of Technology campus.
Asia has been given two spots for the women's World Cup and three for the men's with India being the hosts.
Bhubaneswar's Kalinga Stadium will host the game's showpiece tournament for the second consecutive time after successfully conducting the event in 2018, which was won by Belgium.
While India will play host to the men's tournament, Spain and the Netherlands have been named as the co-host of the 2022 Women's World Cup scheduled to be held from July 1 to 22.
India, who have hosted the men's World Cup thrice, wants to conduct the event in the January 13 to 29, 2023 window.
The Dutch side broke a million hearts by coming from a goal behind to knock out the hosts 2-1 in the last-eight clash.
India scored four goals in the fourth quarter through Chinglensana Singh (46th minute), Lalit Upadhyay (47th, 57th) and Amit Rohidas (51st) after Harmanpreet Singh gave home team the lead in the 12th minute.
It is a creditable result for Pakistan considering the fact that the nation did not have a great build up to the tournament.
Actors like Madhuri Dixit Nene, Shah Rukh Khan and music maestro A.R. Rahman on Tuesday performed at the opening ceremony, which took place at Bhubaneswar's Kalinga Stadium.
The first and third goals were penalty corner conversions, while the rest were field goals.
The mega event begins November 28 and will conclude on December 16 at the city's Kalinga Stadium.
Pakistan Hockey Federation secretary Shahbaz Ahmed informed that Pakistan Super League franchise, Peshawar Zalmi owner Javed Afridi has signed a major sponsorship deal with the PHF which will run till 2020.
The draw enabled India to keep their campaign afloat in the tournament and progress to the crossovers while the Americans crashed out of the event.
It was also India's second consecutive defeat to Ireland having lost to the same opponents 1-2 in their last encounter at the Hockey World league Semifinals in Johannesburg last year.
India will meet South Africa on an opening match, Belgium on December 2. Six days later, they will take on Canada at the 16,000 capacity Kalinga Stadium, according to the International Hockey Federation (FIH).
Pakistan, who are former champions were the 13th nation to qualify for the International hockey federation (FIH) event after favourable results.
Besides England, other participating nations in India's pool are world no. 7 USA and minnows Ireland.
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