New Zealand beat India 5-4 in the sudden death of the shootouts after the two teams drew 3-3 in regulation time. For New Zealand, Nic Woods, Hayden Phillips, Sam Lane scored while Sean Findlay scored twice for his team in the shootouts. For India, Harmanpreet Singh, Sukhjeet Singh scored while Raj Kumar Pal scored twice.
After Spain edged past Malaysia in a thrilling shootout earlier in the evening to book their Quarterfinal berth, the contest between India and New Zealand too was expected to go down to the wire and both teams ensured edge-of-the-seat action for the packed audience in the iconic Kalinga Stadium.
After the shocking defeat, Indian fans just could not believe what had happened to the team which was looked at as one of the title contenders.
New Zealand are just always there to upset India
New Zealand once again the bogey team for India in knockouts - not cricket, it’s hockey today.
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)
Tragic 💔💔
But India just couldn’t handle the pressure
Misery
Indian Hockey Team👎🥲
— Pulkit🇮🇳❤️ (@pulkit5Dx)
Sad
It's IND v NZ But this is Ind
— Shivani (@meme_ki_diwani)
in a World Cup Hockey Team
It happened again
Indian cricket team to Hockey team
— mon (@4sacinom)
Exactly
India out of the Hockey World Cup 2023.
— Simmu✨ (@meownces)
Same feeling 🥺🥺
Need it back for sure
Need the Hockey India League back for sure.
— Somesh Upadhyay (@Somesh_IAS)
Need to do something about NZ
Wheather its cricket or hockey, New Zealand always knocked India out of the tournament...
— Chinnu Rao.. #ProudHindu 🇮🇳 (@bubblebuster26)
Hosts are out
Cricket ho ya Hockey New Zealand knocks us out everywhere. The host nation India is out of the Hockey World Cup.😭😭😭
— ΝΘᏴᏆͲᎪ🇮🇳🚩❤️💯 (@RoFanBoy45264)
Sad day
Feeling for this man today
— Chirag Sukhija (@RjChiragSukhija)
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