FIH Hockey Pro League 2022: How to follow France vs India match in India?

After starting their FIH Hockey Pro League 2022 season with two straight wins, India's men's hockey team will look to keep the momentum going when they encounter France here on Saturday.

India defeated France 5-0 in the opening round of FIH Hockey Pro League 2022, accompanied by goals from Harmanpreet Singh, Varun Kumar, Shamsher Singh, Mandeep Singh. Akashdeep Singh, who was playing his 200th international game, was also one of the scorers.

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"It was good to start off the campaign with a win. Our first quarter was patchy but after the first quarter, we played a rather composed game. We played to our structure and converted from the chances we created," stated India skipper Manpreet Singh upon their triumph.

However, he did not forget to express his concerns regarding France vs India battle. In his words, "It's important we don't take them lightly when we play against them on Saturday. We saw what France is capable of when they played against Netherlands."

"The match went into a shootout after 2-2 draw and eventually they lost in the shootout. Even when we played against them, they created good chances to score," Singh added further.

On Wednesday, India demolished South Africa 10-2. Jugraj Singh, a rookie, earned a hat-trick, whilst Gursahibjit Singh and Dilpreet Singh each scored a brace. India's other goal scorers were Harmanpreet, newbie Abhishek, and Mandeep Singh. Nevertheless, Manpreet Singh also opined on this. He stated, "Definitely the highlight of this match was both newcomers in the team Jugraj and Abhishek scoring goals and also creating opportunities. But when we watched the videos from this match, we definitely felt that as a team, we could have done better in the second half. There were lapses in the defence, which allowed South Africa to come back into the game and we didn't carry on the same tempo with which we started the match."

However, In the remaining games, the skipper intends to improve the consistency.

"We will need to play consistently in all four quarters and that will focus on doing that in the upcoming two matches against France and South Africa. It will obviously be good if we can end the tour with winning points," he finished.

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India is in third place in the group, behind Netherlands and Belgium, who have each competed in four matches. Furthermore, on Saturday, they will face France, and on Sunday, they will encounter South Africa. Both games begin at 9:30 p.m. IST.

Anticipated playing 11 for the upcoming FIH Hockey Pro League 2022 match

• Team India : Harmanpreet Singh, Varun Kumar, Shamsher Singh, Mandeep Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Jugraj Singh, Gursahibjit Singh, Dilpreet Singh, PR Sreejesh, Surender Kumar, Amit Rohidas.
• Team France : Arthur Thieffry, Victor Charlet, N Dumont, Viktor Lockwood, Amaury Bellenger, Stanislas Branicki, Francois Goyet, Charles Masson, Elliot Curty, Simon Martin-Brisac, Gaspard Baumgarten.

How to follow France vs India match in India?

Star Sports Select 2 and Star Sports Select 2 HD will broadcast the matches live. However, the matches will be streamed live on Hotstar as well.