India vs Wales Highlights, Commonwealth Games Hockey: India beat Wales 4-1 with hat-trick from Harmanpreet

India vs Wales in numbers

INDIA BEAT WALES 4-1!

The hooter goes and India have beaten Wales 4-1 in their fourth and final group game in Pool B. Harmanpreet Singh with a hat-trick and a fourth from Gurjant Singh. Gareth Furlong getting a consolation goal for Wales

India vs Wales Live Score: India lead 4-1 in fourth quarter

Back-to-back penalty corners for India and nothing comes from either. Harmanpreet has one blocked by a foot and the next one is straight at the keeper

India vs Wales Live Score: India lead 4-1 in fourth quarter

India almost guilty of letting the grip of the game, of relaxing a touch. After the goal, Benjamin Francis has a shot on goal. Pathak saves and it goes off the post

India vs Wales Live Score: GOAL! India 4-1 Wales

Wales earn a penalty corner with five minutes to go. And this one is converted! Gareth Furlong gets the shot low and flat. It appears to be going straight at Pathak but gets a deflection from the defender on the post. Wales reduce the deficit to 1-4

India vs Wales Live Score: India lead 4-0 in fourth quarter

Wales earn a penalty corner. India review but it is quickly denied. Gareth Furlong gets the shot but it is saved by Pathak

India vs Wales Live Score: GOAL! INDIA LEAD 4-0

Gurjant Singh is on the scoresheet! Ball is lifted and played in the area. Questions of whether it was dangerous. Wales are convincined it is. But the only player it was dangerous for was a fellow India player which is not a problem. The video referral confirms the goal stands. And then a look whether the whistle had gone before or after the goal and it had indeed gone after the ball went in.

India vs Wales Live Score: India lead 3-0 in fourth quarter

Akashdeep Singh hits the post after a great save from the Wales goalkeeper

India vs Wales Live Score: India lead 3-0 after third quarter

India in a good spot at the moment and Wales have a monumental ahead of them to try and salvage something from here. But India have been guilty of messing up from good positions in the past so they’d be keen to keep the momentum

India vs Wales Live Score: GOAL! INDIA 3-0

PENALTY STROKE FOR INDIA! Kyriakides is adjudged to have illegally stopped the ball from going into the goal. Harmanpreet Singh steps up and he scores! INDIA LEAD 3-0! Hat-trick for Harmanpreet

India vs Wales Live Score: 2-0 in third quarter

Lalit Upadhyay brings down a long ball, runs down the line and then plays it to Akashdeep. He has one shot, another before a penalty corner is awarded to India. On the PC, Varun Kumar gets the shot, it takes a foot. Another penalty corner for India. Harmanpreet Singh is the one taking a shot this time. And it has been saved. Or has it? The official wants it checked for a penalty stroke

India vs Wales Live Score: 2-0 in third quarter

India are blitzing past Wales at the moment. They’re moving well, keeping the ball passing and most importantly, pressing high to keep Wales pegged back

India vs Wales Live Score: 2-0 in third quarter

Lalit Upadhyay deflects the ball into the foot of Hall and India earn a third penalty corner. Harmanpreet Singh with another attempt but this one has been blocked by a stick

Man of the first half!

India vs Wales Half Time: India lead 2-0

At half time, India lead Wales 2-0 with both goals coming from Harmanpreet Singh and both goals coming from penalty corners. That was a much better quarter from India and they’ve made their chances count. Wales had one late in the half but Shipperley was a touch away from the ball

India vs Wales Live Score: 2-0 in second quarter

That was a great chance for Wales to reduce the deficit but the ball went behind the attacker after a fantastic pass from Carson. He looked to play Rupert Shipperley who was clearer but the ball was a touch behind him to score. That was a glorious opportunity

India vs Wales Live Score: 2-0 in second quarter

Mandeep Singh is shown a green card for hitting the ball away

India vs Wales Live Score: GOAL! INDIA 2-0

Harmanpreet doubles India’s lead! This time he is gone for power and there is plenty on it. It beats the Wales defence and the keeper. That was a downright thunderbolt!

India vs Wales Live Score: GOAL! INDIA 1-0

Penalty corner India. Harmanpreet Singh doesn’t thunder the ball like he does. This time he uses the angle to beat the goalkeeper and the Welsh defence. He plays it into the right corner. India lead!

India vs Wales Live Score: 0-0 in second quarter

A foot inside the Wales D with 13 minutes played. Penalty corner India. Harmanpreet Singh is on hand to take a shot and it has been blocked, goes away from the goal. Review for whether it took a foot or a stick in the block. Tough decision this. In the end, the decision stands with no advise possible. India have another penalty corner.

India vs Wales Live Score: 0-0 in second quarter

Benjamin Francis gets a green card and he has to sit out for two minutes

India vs Wales Live Score: 0-0 after first quarter

Highlights from the first 15 minutes:

1️⃣ India earned one penalty corner, Varun’s shot was saved

2️⃣ Carson denied by PR Sreejesh

3️⃣ Fluent game, great tackling by both teams

India vs Wales Live Score: 0-0 in first quarter

Amit Rohidas is not pleased. He’s caught flush on the finger and it appears to have caught him with the stick on the same finger. He complains about the ball being high

India vs Wales Live Score: 0-0 in first quarter

Wales swift in their movement and are quick to capitalise on a foul by India. The ball is lifted over the Indian players, James Carson is unmarked and he whacks the ball. Tried to find the gap between Sreejesh’s pads but it hits the inside part of the foam to go away for a long corner

India vs Wales Live Score: 0-0 in first quarter

Eighth minute and India have won a PENALTY CORNER! Harmanpreet Singh not on the pitch at the moment. Varun Kumar with a low, flat shot and it has been saved well by the goalkeeper

India vs Wales Live Score: 0-0 in first quarter

With seven minutes played, no real action so far. Both teams making errors here and there, turnovers from both. India looked for a PC at one point but the ball had hit the back of the stick. The video referral helped Wales out

Wales playing XI and bench

Here is how Wales are starting this game

India’s playing XI and bench

Here is how India are starting this game

Here’s how Wales have fared so far at the 2022 Commonwealth Games:

Game 2: vs Canada 5-1 win
Game 2: vs England 2-4 loss
Game 3: vs Ghana 6-1 win

Here’s how India have fared so far at the 2022 Commonwealth Games:

Game 1: vs Ghana 11-0 win
Game 2: vs England 4-4 draw
Game 3: vs Canada 8-0 win

India lead Pool B with England second and Wales third

India vs Wales

India take on Wales in their fourth match at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. In the four matches, India thrashed Ghana 11-0 and Canada 8-0 while squandering a convincing 3-0 lead to play out a 4-4 draw with England. They top the standings in Pool B.