India faced a shocking defeat to France in their opening match of Junior Hockey World Cup in Bhubaneswar. Both teams were tied at 2-2 after first quarter but France kept scoring goals and went 4-2 up after the end of third quarter, thanks to the hattrick of French captain Timothee Clement. France got another one in the starting few minutes of the last quarter to make it 5-2. The final minute panic meant that India scored two goals back from penalty corner conversion by Sanjay but it was not enough as the defending champions went down 4-5.
Also read- FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup 2021: Schedule, Where to watch live streaming and telecast
Lot will be expected from Indian skipper Vivek Sagar Prasad, who was named the FIH Young Player of the year award at 2020-21 FIH Awards. He can win the midfield battles for India in the game against Canada to create more chances for Indian forward line.
Indian defensive structure looked substandard in the game against France and they have to regroup to not do silly mistakes which can almost ouster them from the world cup if Canada can punch above their weight to defeat the Indian Colts.
When Will the match start ?
The match between India and Canada will start from 7:30 PM on 25th November.
The venue of the match ?
All the matches are played at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India.
Live streaming and telecast details
In an unfortunate situation for the hockey fans, the telecast of the starting matches will not be available around the world on your television sets on or any renowned streaming platform, but you can still the action on watch.hockey from 24th-30th November 2021.
Matches from December 1 to 5 will be have live telecast on Star Sports network in India and live streaming will be available on Hotstar mobile application or their website.
Indian squad
Shardanand Tiwari, Prashant Chauhan, Sudeep Chirmako, Rahul Kumar Rajbhar, Maninder Singh, Pawan, Vishnukant Singh, Ankit Pal, Uttam Singh, Sunil Jojo, Manjeet, Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem, Abhishek Lakra, Yashdeep Siwach, Gurmukh Singh and Araijeet Singh Hundal.
