Underdogs India face unbeaten Australia in Tokyo Olympics women’s hockey quarter-final - watch live
Rani Rampal’s side has already made history by reaching the knockouts. Watch India vs Australia hockey quarter-final at Tokyo Olympics live!
Ireland’s loss to Great Britain meant India qualified for the quarter-finals of the Tokyo Olympics women’s hockey as the fourth-placed team in Group A.
India had finished last at Rio 2016, having qualified for women’s hockey at the Olympics after a gap of 36 years at that time.
Rani Rampal’s side will now take on Group B toppers Australia, who are unbeaten in the tournament with five wins from five matches. The Australians have scored 13 goals and conceded only one goal.
The Indian women’s hockey team has two wins and three defeats from five matches. Rani Rampal, Sharmila Devi, Navneet Kaur, Neha Goyal and Vandana Katariya (who scored a hat-trick against South Africa) have been the goal-scorers for India at the Tokyo Olympics.
However, India have conceded 14 goals and scored only seven, and will have to be careful against the Australians, who have scored the joint-second highest number of goals in the group stages, behind only the Netherlands.
India coach Sjoerd Marijne has said that the pressure will be on world No. 4 Australia as the favourites against the world No. 10 Indians, who the coach feels will be able to play freely as the underdogs.
The match will be played at the Oi Hockey Stadium in Tokyo on Monday morning. The winner will progress to the semi-final to play the winner of the quarter-final between world No. 3 Germany and world No. 2 Argentina.
India vs Australia women’s hockey squads
India: Rani Rampal, Savita Punia, Deep Grace Ekka, Gurjit Kaur, Nikki Pradhan, Udita Duhan, Monika Malik, Navjot Kaur, Neha Goyal, Nisha Warsi, Salima Tete, Sushila Chanu, Lalremsiami, Navneet Kaur, Sharmila Devi, Vandana Katariya. Alternate players: Reena Khokhar, Namita Toppo
Australia: Emily Chalker, Edwina Bone, Jane-Anne Claxton, Savannah Fitzpatrick, Kate Jenner, Stephanie Kershaw, Amy Lawton, Rachael Lynch, Ambrosia Malone, Kaitlin Nobbs, Brooke Peris, Karri Somerville, Georgia Wilson, Grace Stewart, Renee Taylor and Mariah Williams. Alternate players: Greta Hayes, Madison Fitzpatrick
Tokyo Olympics women’s hockey quarter-finals schedule, fixtures and live India match times
All times are India Standard Times (IST)
Monday, August 2
Germany vs Argentina - 6:00 AM IST
India vs Australia - 8:30 AM IST
Netherlands vs New Zealand - 3:00 PM IST
Spain vs Great Britain - 5:30 PM IST
Where to watch India vs Australia Tokyo Olympics women’s hockey quarterfinal live in India?
The India vs Australia women’s hockey quarter-final match at the Tokyo Olympics will be telecast live on the Sony TEN 2, Sony TEN 2 HD, Sony Six and Sony SIX HD TV channels in India. Sony TEN 3, Sony TEN 3 HD, Sony TEN 4 and Sony TEN 4 HD will broadcast Tokyo 2020 in regional languages.
Live streaming of the India vs Australia Olympics women’s hockey quarter-final match will be available on Sony Liv. Live broadcast is subject to Sony.
Live scores of the India vs Australia hockey match will be available on Olympics.com.