Category : | Sub Category : Posted on 2023-12-12 03:16:14
It was fate that Araijeet Singh Hundal picked up a hockey stick. Flair that got him into the junior India team. And finesse that turned him into a star in a famous win.
The 18-year-old 6-foot-3-inch tall forward, born into a family of hockey players, was the goalscorer and provider as he launched Indias comeback in a thrilling Junior World Cup quarterfinal, in which India scored a late winner to beat the Netherlands 4-3 and set-up a semifinal clash against Germany on Thursday.
Itll be a repeat of last editions semifinal in which Germany prevailed 4-2. While India went into that match two years ago on the back of a narrow win over Belgium, they will enter the last-four encounter on Thursday buzzing after a nail-biting quarterfinal that saw many match-winning performances.
