My first Indo-Pak hockey match i have ever seen still 21.
INDIA won the hockey match against Pakistan by 4-1.
It was a great match not because it was between INDIA and PAKISTAN. Because all Indian to gather for INDIAN HOCKEY. A great thanks to HERO HONDA who sponsored Indian hockey and DD-national who presented the live telecast otherwise i wont be able to see my great hero's of Indian hockey.
Coming to the match with the first half Indian striker played a very good game resulting into two goals. For Pakistan's player at one time it was difficult to reach the D circle of india [ sorry, if i make any mistake in describing the match as i m unaware of rules and terms used in hockey match]. I was trying to gain more knowledge from the commenter. I came to know that Pakistani player named SOHAIL ABBAS is the best penalty corner specialist. And weak point of Indian team was the penalty corner. But today i show miracles, Sohail Abbas wasn't able to convert penalty corner into goals. Our superman SANDEEP, showed a superb game he converted two penalty corner into goals. At the end of the first half score was 2-0
In the second half, Pakistan showed some aggressive attack. One thing i saw they used to hit the leg directly of Indian player to get the penalty corner. But they fail to get the full benefit of penalty corner. And with this match Indian is heading first in the pool table.
JAI HINDSOME FACTS
Pakistan v India
World Cup Head-to-heads
> This will be the fifth World Cup encounter between India and Pakistan and the first in 24 years.
> Their last World Cup match-up came in the Final 11-12 in 1986 when Pakistan beat India 3-2.
> India’ last World Cup win over Pakistan came in the 1975 Final (2-1).
> In 1973 India beat Pakistan 1-0 in the semifinals, only to lose the final to the Dutch on penalty strokes.
> In 1971 Pakistan beat India 2-1 in the semifinals and went on to win the World Cup.
> The last competitive encounter between these countries came in December 2009 when Pakistan beat India 6-3 in the Champions Challenge semifinals.
Pakistan Facts
> Pakistan qualified by winning the World Cup qualifying tournament in Lille (FRA) in November 2009, beating Japan 3-1 in the final.
> Pakistan have won a record 4 World Cup titles (1971, 1978, 1982 and 1994).
> In the last three WC editions Pakistan have failed to reach the semifinal, finishing 5th (1998 and 2002) and 6th (2006).
> Sohail Abbas is on 16 World Cup goals. Only four players have scored more World Cup goals.
> Abbas needs two goals to enter the top 3 World Cup goalscorers and 10 goals to join Paul Litjens (NED) as all-time top scorer.
> Pakistan’s Zeeshan Ashraf celebrates his 33rd birthday on the day of the match.
> The 2 youngest players at the 2010 World Cup are on the Pakistan team.
> Muhammad Umar Bhutta (17 years, 66 days) and Muhammad Rashid (17 years, 78 days) are the youngest players at Delhi 2010. The only other 17-year-old is Canada’s Taylor Curran (17 years, 285 days).
India Facts
> India qualified for the 2010 World Cup as host nation. The last time India hosted the World Cup was in 1982 when they finished fifth.
> Three World Cup editions have been won by the host nation: Netherlands 1973 and 1998 and Germany 2006.
> India aim to reach the semifinals. They have only finished in the top 4 in the first three World Cup editions, 3rd in 1971, 2nd in 1973 and 1st in 1975.
> This is the 80th World Cup match for both India and Pakistan.
> India have a 35-11-33 record in their 79 previous World Cup matches.
> Rajpal Singh has scored in each of India’s last two World Cup matches in 2006: against Argentina (3-2 loss) and against South Africa (1-0 win).
> The last Indian players to score in three successive World Cup matches were Daljit Singh Dhillon and Baljit Singh Dhillon in 2002.
> At age 58, José Brasa is the oldest coach at the 2010 World Cup.
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