Hockey is the national sport of Pakistan. Over the years popularity of this once thriving sport is going sharply down, mainly due to the poor performance of Asian teams. However this is a new begining. The old foes, once the masters of the game, will clash on the opening day in a marquee match that organisers claim had been sold out at the 19,000-seater Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi. Rest assured all the glamour of the 70s and 80s will be coming back when the old rivals face each other in an epic opening match. Never a hockey match between India and Pakistan has attracted such hype as this time. So lets hope its a great spectacle.
Rehan Butt the Pakistani stalwart has the following to say on this crucial opening match of the world cup;
The match against India will be indeed very important. India are a good side but we are ready for it. The 1-1 draw against Canada is not important as we didn’t play a full-strength side. I had injured my shoulder during a practice session before the match, while Akhtar (Ali) was also hit by ball. So team management tried different combinations as it didn’t want to put too much strain on us before the India match.
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The much-anticipated India-Pakistan clash at Major Dhyanchand stadium in New Delhi had got off to a flying start for the hosts when Sandeep (35th minute) and Shivendra Singh (28th minute) sounded the board through penalty corners to give India a 2-0 lead at half-time.
India won by 4-1,pakistani player in an interview accused home crowd favour as main cause of their defeat even they missed 2-chances on penalty corners.
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