Hockey World Cup 2023 Live: India all set to take on Spain in the opening encounter on Friday, Harmanpreet Singh led Blues sweats it out in the PRACTICE session in Rourkela, Check Video

Hockey World Cup 2023 Live: India vs Spain– The FIH Hockey World Cup 2023 will get underway from Friday, January 13. The Hockey World Cup 2023 Live matches will be played in Bhubaneshwar and Rourkela. Host India will kickoff their campaign against Spain at Rourkela. The India vs Spain match will be the final match of the day.  With 24 hours left before the Team India’s opening  match, Hockey India uploaded a video of Harmanpreet Singh led Blues sweating it out in the PRACTICE session. Follow FIH Hockey World Cup 2023 live updates with InsidesSport.IN.

Having arrived arrived early, the Graham Reid-coached team have been going through their usual practice session at the newly-constructed Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium.

The video opens with an overview of the Rourkela stadium. India’s men’s hockey team can be seen having their practice session on both the sides of the pitch. Besides doing their basic drills,  Team India players sharpen their skills before the opening match against Spain.  The team also play intra squad match.  Check out pictures of Indian players sweating it out before the opening match

The stage is set, the players are warmed up, and the nation is ready for the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela.

Less than 24 hours until the World Cup kicks off! pic.twitter.com/GwdQ032ONL

— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) January 12, 2023

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Having arrived in Odisha before the other teams, the Indian Hockey team skipper has promised that the team will give their best during the tournament. He had said, “We have decided to continue with our strategy to maintain the scoreboard at the start of a match. We do not know when the World Cup will be again organized in India, so it is our target to give our best in this World Cup,”.

Goalkeepers: Krishan Bahadur Pathak and Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran.

Defenders: Jarmanpreet Singh, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh (Captain), Varun Kumar, Amit Rohidas (Vice-captain), Nilam Sanjeep Xess

Midfielders: Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh,Nilakanta Sharma, Shamsher Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Akashdeep Singh.

Forwards: Mandeep Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Abhishek and Sukhjeet Singh.

Alternate Players: Rajkumar Pal and Jugraj Singh.