India men's hockey team continued their excellent form and defeated World Champion Belgium 2-1 here on Saturday, February 8, 2020, and won the third consecutive victory in the FIH Pro League. After defeating the world number three team Netherlands in the opening two matches of the FIH Pro League, India continued their winning streak by defeating the world number one team Belgium in a thrilling match at the Kalinga Stadium here. Mandeep Singh put the Indian team ahead with a field goal in the second minute of the match but Gautier Bocard scored a strong drag flick on the penalty corner in the 33rd minute to take European champions Belgium 1–1.

Ramandeep scored the deciding goal from the penalty corner in the 47th minute; According to reports, Ramandeep Singh scored a decisive goal from the penalty corner in the 47th minute, which led the world number four team to win in front of the spectators at the same stadium where they had defeated the Netherlands twice. With this spectacular victory, India strengthened their ranking from fifth to fourth for the first time in the 2003 World Ranking System. The two teams will now face each other in the same stadium on Sunday. India, who made a stunning start to their first FIH Hockey Pro League 5–2 win over the Netherlands and 3–1 in shootouts (3–3 in regular time), stopped the Belgian victory in this competition.

For your information, let us tell you that before this match, Belgium won both the matches against Australia by a similar margin of 4–2 and then 6–2 and 3–1 against New Zealand. But she struggled to convert opportunities against India into goals.

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