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That's all from the live coverage from Sportskeeda as India beat Belgium 5-4 in the Four Nations Invitational Tournament and have one foot into the Gold Medal match. This is Gaurav Kadam, signing off. See you soon!
An exciting game of hockey comes to an end in Hamilton, New Zealand as Indian win a 9-goal thriller over World No.3 Belgium in the second match of the second leg of the Four Nations Invitational Tournament. Dilpreet Singh bagged the winner for the Blues at the death after the score was locked at 4-4 after good back and forth between the two sides.
58' - GOAL!!! India takes the lead in the final two minutes as the pressure counts after a good move at the top of the D falls to Dilpreet who gives the Indians the lead.
57' - An overhead ball from Belgian defence is handled well by the attacker and has a clean hit at Sreejesh who does well to keep out the effort and keep the scores level.
55' - BOON!! Belgium have made it all square again as the penalty corner is slotted into the right bottom corner by Tom Boon. Four minutes left to play in the match.
53' - GOAL!! India has taken the lead after a good attacking move saw the ball come to Lalit Upadhyay who is in the right position to tap it past the Belgian keeper.
51' - Good passing from India in the midfield but the attack flow gets broken after a wayward pass to the right flank goes out and Belgium has possession again.
48' - Another Penalty corner for India but this time the flick from Rupinder Pal Singh is saved by the Belgian keeper and the ball gets trapped and Belgium break quickly on the counter.
46' - GOAL!! All square in the match again as India score again to equalize in the match. A penalty corner attempt from Rupinder was saved initially but the rebound fell to Harmanpreet who capitalized to score.
44' - GOAL!! Sreejesh saves the penalty corner well but the defenders fail to clear it and the ball is crossed inside and Belgium score to take the lead just before the end of Quarter 3.
43' - GOAL!! All square here in New Zealand as Rupinder Pal Singh scores his second to equalize in the match. Dilpreet's layoff was trapped cleanly and Rupinder dragged it into the right top corner.
41' - Dilpreet Singh and Wegnez get into a little confrontation after the Indian gets too close while defending as the ref calms come over to calm things down.
38' - GOAL!! Belgium takes the lead after a well-executed goal past Sreejesh to his glove side after Chinglensana Singh had been barred from the PC when he made a false start.
33' - Belgium begin strongly and put the pressure on the right flank but the ball goes wide. They have not allowed the Indians to get comfortable on the field from the get-go.
Belgium equalizes in the second quarter of play and the halftime is up here in New Zealand as both sides have looked threatening on the counter and defended well. Rupinder Pal Singh had an opportunity at the death to give India the lead but the keeper saved his drag flick.
