The match was played at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium.

Paris Olympics 2024 Hockey, India vs New Zealand: The Indian men's hockey team got off to a great start to their campaign at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Saturday, beating New Zealand 3-2 in the first match of Pool B.

Hardeep Singh and Vivek put India in a strong position while captain Harmanpreet Singh scored a crucial goal to seal India's win over New Zealand on Saturday.

Mandeep Singh (24th minute), Vivek Prasad Sagar (34th minute) and Harmanpreet Singh (59th minute) scored goals for the Indian team. Sam Lane (8th minute) and Child Simon (53rd minute) scored goals for New Zealand. India defeated New Zealand 3-2 in a thrilling match.

Let us tell you that New Zealand started with dominance but it was stopped after the second quarter.

Until the last few minutes of the fourth quarter, both India and New Zealand were making it difficult for their opponents. However, New Zealand conceded a penalty corner which was later converted into a penalty stroke which was taken by Team India captain Harmanpreet Singh, who made the most of the situation and scored the much-needed goal.

India will take on Rio 2016 champions Argentina in their next Paris 2024 Olympics hockey match on Monday.

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