The FIH Hockey Men’s Pro League double header between India and Germany was postponed after a COVID-19 outbreak within the guests’ camp final month, was on Saturday rescheduled to April 14 and 15.
The announcement comes a day after Hockey India acquired a affirmation from the International Hockey Federation.
The matches might be performed on the Kalinga Hockey Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
The final time the 2 groups met was in the course of the bronze medal match on the Tokyo Olympic Games the place India prevailed 5-4 in an exciting match to earn a historic podium after a niche of 41 years.
The Indian males’s crew and Germany have been initially scheduled to play on March 12 and 13, however the matches needed to be postponed after a number of members of the German squad examined constructive for COVID-19.
Welcoming the German crew’s choice to journey to India for the matches in April, Hockey India president Gyanandro Ningombam stated, “No doubt, there may be quite a lot of pleasure among the many Indian hockey followers to observe these two groups who performed the bronze medal match on the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020.”
The German males’s crew has thus far performed eight matches out of which they’ve received 5, whereas India, who’re positioned second within the pool standings behind Germany by solely a degree, have additionally performed eight video games, successful 5 and dropping two in regulation time and one in shootout.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
