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Indian Hockey goalkeeper, who shifted match towards India

By:  Tupaki Desk   |   5 Aug 2021 1:53 PM GMT
Indian Hockey goalkeeper, who shifted match towards India
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As a historic moment to India, the national Men's Hockey team bagged a bronze at the Tokyo Olympics. After over four decades, India won an Olympic medal.

The bronze medal is also the 12th medal for the country in the sport. The last time India brought an Olympic medal was back in 1980, which was a silver.

India gave its maximum efforts and won the match to bag a medal. It was a close call of 5-4. The Indian goalkeeper had successfully stopped Germany's goal which was a turning point.

By the time the match reached the third quarter, the situation reached a crucial match with India and Germany scoring 5 and 4 goals respectively.

During the last minutes of the match, when Germany tried to make the goal, Indian goalkeeper Sreejesh turned the match towards India by saving the crucial goal.

Sreejesh played a big role in India's triumph by saving a few goals which could have taken the match from India's hand.

One picture of Sreejesh from the ground is taking social media like a storm.In the picture, he can be seen bowing to the goal post.