We are in giving our everything to win India its 9th hockey gold: Captain Harmanpreet

The Indian hockey team put up the kind of display which the fans had been yearning for so long as they pulled off a 3-2 win over Australia on August 2, Friday.

The Indian hockey team's captain Harmanpreet Singh was pumped up after their historic win over Australia in the group B match at the Paris Olympics 2024.

Harmanpreet said that the team is giving their everything to win India their 9th gold medal in hockey at the Olympic Games.

The Indian hockey team put up the kind of display which the fans had been yearning for so long as they pulled off a 3-2 win over Australia on August 2, Friday.

The victory was the first by an Indian hockey team over Australia in 52 years in the Olympic Games. The last victory had come in Munich in 1972.

"That's what we are looking for -- to give India its ninth (hockey) gold. We are giving (it our) everything to win that gold medal," Harmanpreet told FIH (International Hockey Federation) after the win over Australia."But the main tournament is starting now. So the quarterfinals, the semifinals, those matches are very crucial. So we're just looking to give our best," said the two-time FIH Men's Player of the Year.

Harmanpreet suggested that the main tournament would start from now onwards as a quarter-final match awaits them. Abhishek had given India the lead in the 12th minute, which was quickly doubled by Harmanpreet within a minute as Sreejesh continued to keep the Australian attacks at bay.