{"id":36463,"date":"2026-08-15T23:49:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T23:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=36463"},"modified":"2026-08-15T23:49:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T23:49:04","slug":"harmanpreet-brace-powers-india-to-3-1-world-cup-win-over-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=36463","title":{"rendered":"Harmanpreet brace powers India to 3-1 World Cup win over Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India began their Hockey World Cup campaign with a convincing 3-1 victory over Wales on Independence Day, with captain Harmanpreet Singh scoring twice to lead the charge.<\/p>\n<p>Sanjay opened the scoring in the eighth minute with a powerful drag-flick before Harmanpreet doubled India\u2019s advantage three minutes later, converting a penalty corner.<\/p>\n<p>India maintained control for much of the contest and extended their lead in the 43rd minute when Harmanpreet struck again from a penalty corner to complete his brace.<\/p>\n<p>Wales managed a late consolation goal through Sam Welsh in the 56th minute after a penalty-stroke decision following a video review. However, India held firm to secure three valuable points.<\/p>\n<p>The victory gives Harmanpreet and Co. an ideal start to their Group D campaign. India will face England on Monday, before their much-anticipated clash against Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href='https:\/\/newstodaynet.com\/2026\/08\/15\/harmanpreet-brace-powers-india-to-3-1-world-cup-win-over-wales\/' target='_blank'>Read the original article on newstodaynet.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India began their Hockey World Cup campaign with a convincing 3-1 victory over Wales on Independence Day, with captain Harmanpreet Singh scoring twice to lead the charge. Sanjay opened the scoring in the eighth minute with a powerful drag-flick before Harmanpreet doubled India\u2019s advantage three minutes later, converting a penalty corner. India maintained control for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,4,6],"tags":[68,29,33],"class_list":["post-36463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commodities","category-important","category-indian-news","tag-impact-sol","tag-signal-avoid","tag-stage-stage-4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}