India vs Great Britain Quarterfinals Live Score, Tokyo Olympics: Dilpreet scores; India 2-0 Great Britain in Q2

GOALLLL! Gurjant Singh scores! Hardik intercepts the ball from a wayward pass from Britain, passes it to Gurjant who picks up smartly inside the circle, twists, turns and hits it in the goal.

The 2nd quarter begins and this is where Britain will look to equalise. These will be crucial 15 minutes.

At end of first quarter, India lead 1-0 with Dilpreet Singh scoring the goal.

SAVE! PR Sreejesh takes his foot out lightning quick to make an important save and then he pushed his right foot out. Superb stuff.

Gurjant Singh seeks a referral for a dangerous ball inside the circle. The referee is checking with the video umpire, who decided that there is no need to change the decision and India lose a referral.

GOALLL! Dilpreet Singh scores a goal for India. Simranjeet stole possession, passes through England defenders through to Dilpreet who scored from front of goal.

Simranjeet dribbled past Great Britain but he hit it straight to Sanford, as he was unable to find a player in blue jersey.

Early PC for England! Ward delivers and Rohitdas runs it down, well defended. It has led to another potential PC for England. Referee is taking a look. Nope, the decision for PC has been turned down, India’s referral held.

Good start from India, Nilakanta Sharma passes it to Mandeep Singh inside the circle, but he was surrounded by Britain’s defenders.

India face off against Great Britain in Men’s Hockey quarterfinals – Play begins

It is time for the National Anthems. India’s National Anthem to be followed by Great Britain’s.

Indian team for game against Great Britain: Sreejesh, Surender, Varun, Rohidas, Harmanpreet, Rupinder, Manpreet, Hardik, Sumit, Nilakanta, Vivek, Samsher, Simranjeet, Gurjant, Mandeep and Dilpreet

Lalit Upadhyay and Birendra Lakra are not among the sixteen players playing today for India.

The match is set to begin in 15 minutes. Who do you think will come face Belgium in the semifinals?

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India last played Hockey semifinals in 1972 which they lost against Pakistan. India won gold medal in 1980 Moscow Olympics– but in that year, there were only six teams participating with 9 of the original 12 teams participating pulling out due to protests against USSR. Hence, the semifinals stage did not happen that year, and it was a straight final between India and Spain after Round Robin stage.

On the other end, Belgium have defeated Spain 3-1 in the Men’s Quarterfinal to reach semifinals. The winner of India vs Great Britain will face Belgium in the semifinals.

Hello and welcome to our live blog on Tokyo 2020 Olympics, India vs Great Britain Men’s Hockey quarterfinal match. India are eyeing a place into the semifinals and face off against World Champions Belgium.