Striker Sukhjeet Singh struck a second half brace as India stunned world champions Germany 3-2 in the FIH Pro League hockey, which is their first outing after the World Cup debacle in Rourkela on Friday. (More Hockey News)
The 26-year-𒉰old Sukhjeet, one of the players who survived the axe after India's shock pre-quarterf🃏inal exit in the World Cup in January, scored in the 31st and 42nd minutes, both goals coming from field efforts.
His captain Harmanpreet Singh, ꦫjoint top-scorer in the tournament so far, had given the home side the lead in the♈ 30th minute through a penalty corner conversion.
Harmanpreet had also flopped big ti⛦me during the World Cup held here and in Bhubaneswar as he had struggled to find the target from his drag flick in the big matches in the showpiece.
India were 3-0 up in the 42nd minute before Paul-Philipp Kaufmann and Michel Struthoff struck for Geꦯrmany in the 44th and 57th minutes respectively.
The German🧸s, who came with several players of their World Cup-winning team, struggled to score from the penalty corners. They got six PCs as against four of India.
India face Australia on Sunday and Germany agaᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚin in the second leg on Monday.
