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Hockey World Cup 2026 is starting from today. The first men’s match will be played between India and Wales. The match will start at 4:30 pm.
The Indian team has not lost any match against Wales so far. Indian captain Harmanpreet Singh has scored 220 international goals.
Before this match, the women’s team will have 2 matches in the World Cup. The first match will be played between Australia and Japan, the second match between Germany and Scotland.
Wales could never beat India
So far 4 matches have been played between India and Wales. India won every time. The team had won 3-1 in 2014 and 4-3 in 2018. Then beat Wales 4-1 in 2022 and 4-2 in 2023.
Harmanpreet has scored 220 goals for India
Indian captain Harmanpreet Singh plays the role of defender and drag flicker. He is the top goal scorer of the team. He has scored maximum 220 goals in 264 matches. Apart from them, eyes will also be on midfielder Manpreet Singh and forward Abhishek.
The Wales team is largely dependent on its co-captain Gareth Furlong. He is a penalty corner specialist and an excellent drag-flicker. He has 113 goals in 166 matches.
8 Indians will play World Cup for the first time India has entered the tournament with a squad of 20 players. There are 8 players in the team who will play the World Cup for the first time. Apart from this, this World Cup is even more special for defender Yashdeep Siwach. He is going to play his first World Cup in the country where his mother Pritam Siwach played the World Cup for India.
For the first time, India will enter the tournament without veteran goalkeeper P Sreejes. He retired after the Paris Olympics. Both the team’s goalkeepers Suraj Karkera and Mohit HS will play in the World Cup for the first time.
P Sreejesh had retired after India won the bronze medal in the Paris Olympics.
squads of both teams
India: Harmanpreet Singh (captain), Mohit HS, Suraj Karkera, Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Jugraj Singh, Sanjay, Sumit, Yashdeep Siwach, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Neelakanta Sharma, Rajinder Singh, Aditya Arjun Lalge, Mandeep Singh, Abhishek, Sukhjit Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Shilanand Lakra. Wales: Gareth Furlong (captain), Toby Reynolds-Cotterill (goalkeeper), Rhys Paine (goalkeeper), Daniel Kyriakidis, Hywel Jones, Alf Deeney, Jacob Draper, Rhodri Furlong, Dale Hutchinson, Rhys Bradshaw, Fred Newbold, Gareth Griffiths, Ben Francis, Nick Morgan, Jack Pritchard, Jolyon Morgan, Sam Welsh, Johnny Fleck, James Tyson, Liam Barker.
All the matches played today…
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