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Olympics hockey: Harmanpreet brace, Sreejesh heroics help India beat New Zealand 3-2
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Tokyo, July 24 : Drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh scored a brace and goalkeeper PR Sreejesh came up with some brilliant saves in the fourth quarter as India scraped through to a nervy 3-2 victory against New Zealand in a Group A encounter of the Tokyo Olympic men s hockey competition on Saturday.
India conceded an early goal when Kane Russel scored a penalty corner in the sixth minute. They levelled the scores four minutes later when they earned a penalty stroke off their second penalty corner. Rupinderpal Singh, who struck the crossbar in the fourth minute off India s first penalty corner, did not make any mistake and put the ball past New Zealand goalkeeper Leon Hayward.