Overview
- India defeated Belgium 2-2 (4-3 SO) in Chennai to book a semifinal against Germany on Sunday at 8 p.m. IST.
- India’s goals in regulation came from penalty corners by captain Rohit Yadav in the 45th minute and Sharda Nand Tiwari in the 48th, after Belgium struck through Gaspard Cornez-Massant in the 13th and Nathan Rogge in the 59th.
- In the shootout, Sharda Nand Tiwari converted three penalty strokes and Ankit Pal scored the decisive attempt, while Belgium tallied through Hugo Labouchere, Guerlain Hawaux and Charles Langendries.
- Goalkeeper Princedeep Singh was named Player of the Match for crucial saves during play and in the tiebreak, later crediting coach PR Sreejesh and the Chennai crowd for the result.
- Sreejesh said the team must cut errors and be more clinical after a relatively untested pool phase, with Germany—seven-time and reigning champions—also advancing via a shootout against France.