Commonwealth Games 2022 Hockey: India beat South Africa 3-2, to face Australia in Gold-Medal Match

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After missing out in 2018, the Indians are back in the finals of the CWG for the third time.

The Men in Blue lost to Australia in the 2010 and 2014 CWG finals by a 0-8 and 0-4 margin respectively

The Kookaburras came back from a two-goal deficit to beat England 3-2 and set up yet another India-Australia final at the CWG!!!

Just what the #MenInBlue wanted! 😍Looking forward to the finals 🏑

IND 3:2 RSA #HockeyIndia #IndiaKaGame #B2022 #Birmingham2022 @CMO_Odisha @IndiaSports @Media_SAI @sports_odisha pic.twitter.com/fpuYKPy0iM
— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) August 6, 2022

FULL-TIME: INDIA 3 - SOUTH AFRICA 2

INDIA (20' ABHISHEK - FG, 28' MANDEEP- FG, 58' JUGRAJ - PC)

INDIA ARE THROUGH TO THE FINALS OF THE CWG WHERE THEY AWAIT EITHER AUSTRALIA OR ENGLAND IN THE GOLD-MEDAL MATCH

35 CIRCLE ENTRIES FOR THE INDIANS, 23 FOR SOUTH AFRICA

GOWAN JONES WAS THE HERO FOR SOUTH AFRICA AS THE KEEPER KEPT HARMANPREET'S LETHAL FLICKS OUT BUT REID'S BOYS FOUND THE MARK FROM OPEN PLAY

JUGRAJ FINALLY SCORED OFF A PC AT THE DEATH WHEN JONES HAD BEEN TAKEN OFF AND SA WERE WITHOUT A GOAL KEEPER

59' EIGHT SECONDS LEFT ON THE CLOCK - SA GO UPSTAIRS - INDIA HAVE A FREE HIT AND THAT WILL BE THAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

58' MVIMBI SCORES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! INDIA NEED TO SURVIVE AS SA REDUCE THE DEFICIT

57' INDIA 3 - SOUTH AFRICA 1

EASY FOR JUGRAJ AS HE PUTS THE BALL IN THE NET WITH NO GOWAN JONES IN GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAS JUGRAJ SEALED THE DEAL???

INDIA HAVE A PC AND SA DO NOT HAVE A KEEPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

58' INDIA HAVE A PC AFTER A LIGHTING QUICK COUNTER - GUISE BROWN GETS A YELLOW!!!!!!!!!!!

57' MANDEEP TOOK A TUMBLE BUT WAS HE PUSHED? FREE HIT TO SA IS THE VERDICT

56' DANGER FROM THE LEFT FOR INDIA BUT SA FAIL TO MAKE IT COUNT. INDIA NOW ASK FOR A "DELIBERATE PUSH" IN THE DANGER ZONE AND BRUCE BALE TAKES A LOOK

56' THE INDIANS ATTACK IN NUMBERS BUT SA HAVE A FREE OUT!!!! SA PULL THEIR KEEPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

54' INDIA HAVE THE BALL NEAR THE 23-YARD LINE. SA HAVE A FREE HIT, DO ENTER THE INDIA CIRCLE BUT CANNOT FIND A PC OR A SHOT ON TARGET

52' REPEATED FORAYS BY THE SOUTH AFRICANS WHO DON'T SEEM TO HAVE ENOUGH PERSONNEL IN THE ATTACKING CIRCLE TO CAUSE DAMAGE - CAN THE INDIANS HOLD ON??

51' The Indian pay a brief visit to the SA circle, but SA have the ball back. Manage to enter the attacking third but fail to make it count

50' Lalit takes a tumble in the SA circle, aimless long ball from the Indians give possession to SA

49' CASSEIM AGAIN SPRINTS HIS WAY INTO THE ATTACKING THIRD, FAILS TO FIND SUPPORT THOUGH

48' The Indians with a great ball in the SA circle, fail to control the ball, now build from the left, but SA counter

47' CASSEIM ALL BY HIMSELF STEAMS DOWN THE RIGHT FLANK, THE INDIAN DEFENCE STANDS FIRM

46' JARMANPREET MANAGES TO ANGLE ONE IN BUT FAILS TO FIND A BLUE SHIRT

END OF Q3: INDIA 2 - 1 SOUTH AFRICA

INTENSE AS EVER IS THE CONTEST WITH THE QUESTION BEING - WHO WILL BLINK FIRST???

SA COMING HARD AT THE INDIANS WHO HAVE HAD 30 CIRCLE ENTRIES AS COMPARED TO THE WHITE SHIRTS WHO'VE HAD 17

43' SA switch flanks and find their way into the India circle but fail to control the ball!!!!

42' Manpreet gets a green as SA build down the centre. Ball angled in from the left. No damage done. Three defenders shadow Mandeep and SA clear the lines

JARMANPREET TAKES THIS ONE EVEN THOUGH HARMAN SPRINTS IN - GOWAN JONES SAVES YET AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

40' HARMANPREET TRIES A LONG BALL OFF A FREE HIT. HARDIK WEAVES HIS WAY OUT OF A POCKET AND INDIA HAVE A PC!!!!!!!!!

INDIA MANAGE TO KEEP THIS ONE OUT

38' CASSEIM TAKES A SHOT, OBSTRUCTED, SA HAVE A PC!!!!!!!!!!!

CONNOR BEAUCHAMP GOES STRAIGHT - INDIA SAVE THE PC AS SREEJESH HAS A WORD WITH THE UMPIRE. VIVEK IS DOWN AND LEAVES THE PITCH

38' GOWAN JONES SAVES A LETHAL STRIKE FROM YOUNG VIVEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SA HAVE A PC AT THE OTHER END!!!!

37' DANGEROUS CROSS ANGLED IN FROM THE LEFT FOR SA - NO WHITE SHIRT IN THE VICINITY TO LATCH ONTO THAT ONE

35' SA in the Indian circle as they attempt to find an Indian foot, fail to do so

34' Scrappy in midfield as both sides look for space, cant find any. Game of cat and mouse down the middle

33' INDIA 2 - 1 SOUTH AFRICA

RYAN JULIUIS BEATS SREEJESH OFF THE PC DEFLECTION - SA PULL ONE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AMIT ROHIDAS RUNS DOWN THE FLICK - SA HAVE ANOTHER

33' CASSEIM MANUFACTURES A PC FOR HIS SIDE - CAN THE INDIANS KEEP THIS ONE OUT???

THE PC IS RUN DOWN AS INDIA TRY A CLEVER PUSHBACK VARIATION

PC INDEED IS THE CALL FROM UPSTAIRS - HARMANPREET LINES UP

32' INDIA WANT A PC - BRUCE BALE IN THE ACTION!!!!!!!!!!

31' The Indians begin with purpose early in the second half, Hardik from the left flank, fails to advance and SA effect a turnover

WHEN THE PC's ARE STOPPED, THE INDIANS FIRE FROM OPEN PLAY.

THIRTY MINUTES TO GO AS THE INDIANS ARE IN COMMAND AT BIRMINGAM, EYEING A GOLD-MEDAL CLASH AGAINST EITHER AUSTRALIA OR ENGLAND

GOAL! The #MenInBlue score their second goal, giving India a 2-0 lead at the break.

IND 2:0 RSA#HockeyIndia #IndiaKaGame #B2022 #Birmingham2022 @CMO_Odisha @IndiaSports @Media_SAI
— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) August 6, 2022

HALF-TIME: INDIA 2 - 0 SOUTH AFRICA (20' ABHISHEK, 28' MANDEEP)

TWO DELECTABLE GOALS FROM OPEN PLAY

FIRST FROM ABHISHEK WHO EMPLOYS A TOMAHAWK AND CREATES A GOAL OUT OF NOTHING

MANDEEP ALL BY HIMSELF, PICKS THE BALL UP AT THE EDGE OF THE CIRCLE AND BEATS A STUBBORN AND RESOLUTE GOWAN JONES WHO HAS SAVED AT LEAST 4 CERTAIN GOALS THIS EVENING

22 CIRCLE ENTRIES FOR INDIA
12 FOR SA

JONES HAS KEPT FOUR OF INDIA'S PCs OUT!!

29' CASSEIM TESTS KRISHAN PATHAK BUT THE BALL WAS TOO HIGH IN THE END

INDIA 2 - 0 SOUTH AFRICA

28' KRISHAN PATHAK LEAVES HIS MARK AS THE SOUTH AFRICANS PAY A VISIT TO THE INDIA CIRCLE - MANDEEP AT THE OTHER END SCORES A PEACH OF A GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PICKS THE BALL UP AT THE EDGE OF THE CIRCLE AND FIRES ONE PAST JONES' PADS!!

26' AKASHDEEP FROM POINT BLANK RANGE - FAILS TO BEAT GOWAN JONES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

24' AKASHDEEP UNLEASHES A REVERSE - GOWANS PADS IT AWAY WITH HIS LEFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

24' Ball angled in for the South Africans but India manufacture a quick counter. Mandeep this time fails to find the right cross

23' SA HAVE A FREE OUT AFTER THE INDIANS LAUNCHED A WAVE OF PERSISTENT FORAYS

21' Lalit now, threatens in the SA circle as the white shirts scramble. SA counter bur lose the ball. End-to-end stuff as Mandeep now in the attacking circle fails to find support in front of goal

20' INDIA 1 - 0 SOUTH AFRICA

ABHISHEK CREATES A GOAL OUT OF NOTHING - WHAT A TOMAHAWK TO OPEN INDIA'S ACCOUNT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! REVERSE STRIKE FROM THE EDGE OF THE CIRCLE. STAND AND DELIVER!

Commonwealth Games 2022 Hockey: India beat South Africa 3-2, to face Australia in Gold-Medal Match

India 3 - 2 South Africa (FULL-TIME)