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Commonwealth Games, saying it would "thoroughly review" the incident. Australia's Rosie Malone, who missed her first attempt during the penalty shootout, was gifted another chance as the eight second countdown on the scoreboard hadn't started.
India were hoping not to run into Aran Zalewski and his men before the title round and they did well to avoid them by topping Pool 'B'. But the semifinals on Saturday will be a tricky contest against a plucky South Africa who battled past New Zealand in their last league outing to end a 20-year-old semifinal drought. In terms of history and current ranking, India will start favourites on paper. But on the pitch, the South Africans, ranked 13 in the world, can pose a stiff challenge.
The first hurdle they face is debutants Ghana in their campaign opener. While the 36th-ranked team may seem easy meat, Manpreet Singh and Co. will not take them lightly because the match-up is against an unknown team. The two teams have met only once before - at the 1975 World Cup in which India emerged 7-0 victors. Little is known about this opposition but going by how their women's team played against India, Ghana is all about spirited approach. That said, what works for India is Ghana's lack of experience.
This will be the Indian women's hockey team's mantra as they begin their quest for a Commonwealth Games medal on Friday. After the fourth-place finish at the Tokyo Olympics and the third-position in the FIH Pro League came the disappointment of the ninth place at the World Cup recently. For a team which was on a high for a year, the World Cup performance was a rude shock but Savita and Co. will not allow that debacle to weigh them down as they take on Ghana in their opener.
Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 journey with the game against Ghana on Thursday. The Indian women's team is clubbed in Pool A alongside hosts England, Canada, Wales and Ghana, while Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Scotland and Kenya complete Pool B. Just like their male counterparts, the Indian women returned empty-handed from the last edition of the Games in Gold Coast, finishing fourth after being routed 0-6 by England in the bronze medal play-off match. Going into the Games, the Indian women must have been haunted by their below-par effort in the recently concluded World Cup in Spain and the Netherlands, where the Savita Punia-led side finished a disappointing ninth. And the Janneke Schopman-coached side would be desperate to prove that it is a far better side than what the recent results indicate. They would be itching to prove their detractors wrong about the perception that a historic fourth place finish in last year's Tokyo Olympics was a mere fluke.
The FIH has already threatened to strip India of the hosting rights of the men's World Cup to be held in twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Rourkela from January 13 to 29. In its third letter to the Delhi High Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) which is running hockey in the country, FIH CEO Thierry Weil said the 20 weeks time was "unacceptable" to the world body.
Commonwealth Games, skipper Manpreet Singh said on Saturday. The team left for Birmingham on Saturday to take part in the multi-sport event, which is scheduled from July 28 to August 8. "We are quite excited about this event as we have been training for this competition for quite some time now, and we are looking forward to putting on our best show against some of the best teams in the world."
A three-member FIH delegation, led by newly-appointed acting president Seif Ahmed, is expected to visit India on August 15 for an emergency meeting to assess progress made with regards to adoption of a new Constitution, which is a must to salvage the World Cup, the country is scheduled to host in 2023. FIH CEO Thierry Weil and Executive Board member Tayyab Ikram, who is also the CEO of Asian Hockey Federation, will be part of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) delegation.