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#1) An improved show from the penalty corner specialists
With the impressive win against Canada, India have now created history by making it to the knockout round of a Hockey World Cup after 43 long years. India will now face the winner of the fourth and the last crossover, between Canada and the 2nd placed team in group D, which comprises Netherlands, Germany, Pakistan & Malaysia.
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Even though the Indian team has improved by leaps and bounds since their disastrous outing at the London Olympics 2012, the defense, as well as the penalty corners, proved to be their Achilles heel. Before this World Cup, India had an extremely poor record in terms of converting penalty corners into goals, with an average of 1 conversion in 10 chances.
However, this time, India have improved on this part. In the present match, India earned three penalty corners, of which they converted two -- a significant improvement. The same was observed in the previous two matches, and as of now, by statistics, India stand a respectable second to Australia in terms of converting penalty corners successfully in this tournament.
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