Women's hockey World Cup: Savita makes six saves in shootout as India beat Canada

Source From: ENT 2022-07-12 03:02:53

Riding on captain Savita's heroics in the shootout, the Indian women's hockey team defeated Canada to register their first win at the FIH Women's World Cup Spain & Netherlands 2022 late on Monday.

After the two teams ended the regulation time at 1-1, the Indian team defeated Canada 3-2 in the sudden death to progress to the 9-12th placings of the tournament.

India are already out of medal contention after they lost the crossover match against Spain for a place in the quarterfinal by a solitary goal.

Madeline Secco (11th minute) scored for Canada, while Salima Tete (58th) scored the equaliser for India in the regulation time.

Savita, who put up a scintillating show, made six saves in the shootout, while Navneet Kaur, Sonika and Neha converted their chances to help India register their first win in the competition.

An attacking start to the match saw the Indian team retaining most of the ball possession, trying to make space in Canada's half, but without causing much harm. Canada, on the other hand, took some time to settle into the match and started to put pressure on India. Their first real attack came in the 10th minute when they earned their first penalty corner of the match, but missed out on converting it.