Today, Indians have once again created a new chapter in the history of Hockey. The team has regained the Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup and that too after 15 years. Indian team defeated Belgium 2-1 in Lucknow’s Dhyan Chand Stadium on Sunday.
With this cup, another feather has been attached to the golden cap. Already, India has a history of 8 Olympic titles and 1 World Cup.
This is the 2nd time, but this was the 1st time that India won the Cup in 11 editions. Fans got a good reason for celebrating the New Year well in advance; they started dancing on Bollywood songs as soon as the winner was announced.
Crowd started chanting slogans like “Jiski Field, Uski Shield”, “Jitega bhai Jitega India” and “Bharat Mata Ki Jai”.
2 well crafted goals were captured in the 1st half through Gurjant Singh in the 8th minute and Simranjeet Singh in the 22nd minute. The team that was coached by Harendra Singh received a lot of appreciation on Twitter; have a look at the tweets…
PM Modi!
Extremely proud of our youngsters! Congratulations to our junior hockey team for winning the #JuniorHockeyWorldCup.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 18, 2016
One more!
The #JuniorHockeyWorldCup win augurs well for the future of Indian hockey & will make the sport even more popular among youngsters.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 18, 2016
Big B!
Baduuummbaaa >. !! India Juniors win World Championship Hockey .. INDIA IS NUMBER 1 .. the best .. well done boys Congratulations https://t.co/yzdMlGSs0C
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) December 18, 2016
VVS Laxman!
Congratulations @TheHockeyIndia on winning the Junior Hockey World Cup👏 You all made us proud👍 #HJWC2016
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) December 18, 2016
Harbhajan Singh!
Congratulations to the Junior Hockey Team for winning! Fantastic win! #JuniorHockeyWorldCup
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) December 18, 2016
Vijender Singh!
Congratulations Indian men's hockey team @TheHockeyIndia for winning Junior World Cup by defeating Belgium. 🏑🏑
— Vijender Singh (@boxervijender) December 18, 2016
Sreejesh!
We missed it in 2005 … now after 11 years we are kissing it together … thanks to the legend coach @HarendraSingh66 …🙏 @TheHockeyIndia pic.twitter.com/IgBNNOIsUC
— sreejesh p r (@16Sreejesh) December 18, 2016
Shikhar Dhawan!
Well done junior Indian Hockey Team. Winning World Cup is everyone's dream. Here's to the celebrations 👏👏 🎉 #HJWC2016
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) December 18, 2016
Rahul Gandhi!
Congratulations to our Junior Hockey team on winning the World Cup! A fantastic achievement after 15 years that has made India proud pic.twitter.com/BGRR8S2t7w
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) December 18, 2016
Anurag Thakur!
Superb performance Team India 🇮🇳 ! #JuniorHockeyWorldCup Champs!#HJWC2016 @TheHockeyIndia
— Anurag Thakur (मोदी का परिवार) (@ianuragthakur) December 18, 2016
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