Olympian Lalit Upadhyay arrives in Kashi to a rousing welcome
The Uttar Pradesh government rolled out the red carpet for Lalit at Kashi Vishwanath Temple, where temple officials honoured him with a garland for winning a bronze medal in.
The victory juggernaut of the Indian hockey team crashed in the fourth match of the Hockey World League Semi-finals as they went down by 1-3 to the Netherlands in London on Tuesday.
Striker Akashdeep Singh remained the sole warrior in the end as he scored a field goal in the 28th minute, adding to his kitty of five goals from the tournament.
Netherlands rode on the goals by Thierry Brinkman (2'), Sander Baart (12'), Mirco Pruijser (24'), who set the game for the Dutch in the first-half of the clash.
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The Dutch continued their winning momentum that they built by routing of Pakistan (4-0), Scotland (3-0) and Canada (3-1) in their previous group stage matches.
On the other hand, India suffered their first defeat of the tournament after registering emphatic victories over Pakistan (7-1), Canada (3-0) and Scotland (4-1).
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