Important role in historic victory, Abhishek scored the most goals after the captain
Important role in historic victory, Abhishek scored the most goals after the captain
The Indian hockey team won the bronze medal in Paris Olympics by playing a great game. All the players contributed to it. Abhishek of Sonipat also played an important role in winning the medal. After captain Harmanpreet, Abhishek Nain is the one who scored the most goals for India in the Olympics. He scored important goals against big teams like Belgium and Australia. While Harmanpreet is in the first place with ten goals, Abhishek is in the second place with two goals. The important thing in Abhishek’s scoring points is that both of his goals were scored from the field (shot goals) in the running match. Apart from him, Vivek Sagar scored a goal from the running field. The rest of the goals came from penalty stroke or penalty corner.
Created the foundation for a historic victory over Australia
In this Olympics, India achieved a historic victory over Australia by 3-2. India defeated Australia after 1972. India won hockey against Australia for the first time in the Olympics on Astrotrap. The foundation for this victory was laid by Abhishek Nain’s goal. Abhishek scored the first goal for India. After which India remained ahead of Australia. Captain Harmanpreet scored two goals for India. Abhishek had also scored the second goal, but when Australia took a review, India had already committed a foul before the goal was scored, due to which the goal was not considered valid. Despite this, India won over Australia after 52 years.