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| India scored more field goals than penalty corner goals |
With this defeat India’s tour ended and after this India will move to London to participate in the biggest hockey tournament in the world, Olympics.
Here are some of the statistics (basic) from India’s European tour
— India played 8 games in the Tour, winning only 3 with win percentage of 37.5%.
— India also lost 4 games out of game and one game against Spain was 3-3 draw.
— Indian team scored 24 goals in the tour and conceded 17 goals.
— Shivendra Singh and Sandeep Singh were top goal scorers for India with 5 goals each. Interestingly, Sandeep Singh playing as forward against France in the first game scored a field goal. SK Uthappa and VR Raghunath were joint second with 3 goals each.
— Out of 24 goals scored by the Indian team, majority of them were field goals (don’t know after how many years). Field goal percentage was whopping 71.84 % while only 9.16% goals were scored through penalty corners.
–India received 27 penalty corners in the game played in Spain but only converted 7 of them with conversion ratio of only 26%
–India’s biggest victory of the tour was against France. India beat them 8-2 and the biggest loss was against Great Britain when India lost 3-1.
Following is the table reflecting India’s performance in the European tour
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No so bad, things won't change overnight. They played well and lost close matches against good teams. I just wish things'll be much better at Rio 2016, till then…..
Good luck for 2012