The Indian men’s hockey team received a warm welcome from the fans at the Delhi Airport on Wednesday after a great Commonwealth Games 2022 campaign in Birmingham.
A dominant performance by Australia ended India’s Gold medal dream in hockey at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in the final. India had to settle for a silver medal. Australia won the match 7-0. Goals were scored by Blake Govers (9'), Nathan Ephraums (14', 42'), Jacob Anderson (22', 27'), Tom Wickham (26') and Flynn Ogilvie (46').
India came into the Final on the back of some fine performances in the group stage as they beat Ghana 11-0, drew against England 4-4, beat Canada 8-0 and Wales 4-1 followed by a 3-2 win against South Africa in the semifinal.
But the outing in Birmingham was still pretty good this time around, considering the fact that the men’s hockey team failed to win a medal in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. Back then, Team India had qualified for semi-finals and lost to New Zealand. Then, they went on to lose the bronze medal match to England to get a fourth-place finish
Players were given a great welcome at the airport. They were welcomed and tricolour sashes were given to them which they wore around their necks.Men’s hockey team skipper Manpreet Singh expressed happiness at the performance of his team, especially that they could win a medal after going back empty-handed in 2018.
