Hockey World Cup 2023: Felt excellent to see such a crowd for our match, says India’s Amit Rohidas

India’s goal-scorer Amit Rohidas mentioned that it felt nice to see such a crowd flip as much as watch India’s match towards Spain. India beat Spain 2-0 of their opening match on the 2023 Hockey World Cup in Odisha. 

New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 13, 2023 23:45 IST

India beat Spain 2-0 within the Hockey World Cup (PTI)

By India Today Web Desk: India’s goal-scorer Amit Rohidas mentioned that it felt nice to see such a crowd flip as much as watch India’s match towards Spain. India beat Spain 2-0 of their opening match on the 2023 Hockey World Cup in Odisha.

Speaking after the match, Rohidas mentioned it felt excellent to see such a crowd flip up for India’s match, including that it’s a distinct feeling taking part in at dwelling.

“It felt very good to see such a crowd turn up to watch our match. It’s a different feeling to play at home because so many people turn up to support you,” mentioned Rohidas.

He went on to say that it feels nice to play at dwelling, including that he graduated from the hostel in Rourkela, the place the match was being held.

“I’ve graduated from this hostel in Rourkela. It feels great to play at home. I won the Man of the Match award, but the win is all down to the team effort. Such an award boosts confidence,” Rohidas added.

Goals from Amit Rohidas and Hardik Singh gave India 3 factors of their Pool D match in entrance of a packed crowd within the state-of-the-art 21,000-seater stadium.

It was a stable defensive show as properly from India as they defeated Spain for the primary time since February 2022. The final time they confronted Spain in November 2022 within the FIH Pro League, India blew a 2-0 lead and have been held to a draw. However, the error was not repeated on Friday as India placed on a spirited present with goalkeeper Krishan Pathak making some essential saves.

India will subsequent face England of their Pool D match on Sunday in Rourkela earlier than assembly Wales within the ultimate pool match. The winner of every of the 4 swimming pools instantly progresses to the quarter-final whereas the subsequent two in every group progress to the cross-over to find out the ultimate 4 berths of the quarter-final stage.

Edited By:

Rounaq Sehrawat

Published On:

Jan 13, 2023