Hockey World Cup 2018, India vs Belgium: 5 Talking Points

India almost secured a famous win
India almost secured a famous win

#2 The Junior World Cup heroes come handy

Simranjeet has been on fire in the World Cup
Simranjeet has been on fire in the World Cup

Apart from Varun Kumar, two more Junior World Cup heroes came to the rescue of the Indian team.

Harmanpreet Singh, who is India's trump card for this tournament, was extremely fierce in his attack on the Belgian goalpost.

When Varun earned a penalty stroke for the Indian team, Harmanpreet, who is the master of this genre, capitalized on this opportunity within no time to bring India back into the match.

However, the man who almost gave India another victory was Simranjeet Singh, the lanky forward who scored one of the winning goals against Belgium in the 2016 Junior Hockey World Cup finals.

Simranjeet bounced back onto the goal tally as the joint leader with a brilliant field goal in the 47th minute, and for a while, it looked as if India would romp home with another brilliant victory.

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