Pakistan drew arch rival India 1-1 and qualified for the final of the tri-nation hockey tournament in Burnbury, Australia, on Tuesday. Pakistan went ahead straight away in the second minute of the game after Indian defence conceded the early penalty corner.
Veteran Sohail Abbas showed his class, sending his hard push to the right of Indian goalkeeper-captain Bharat Chhetri. India’s Yuvraj Walmiki scored the equaliser in the 26th minute of the first half. The score between Pakistan and India was 1-1 after the conclusion of the first half. The score remained the same in the second half and with the match ending in draw Pakistan qualified for the final of the event. Pakistan will face Australia in the final on Thursday.
Former Olympians demand stern action against Indians: Former Pakistan hockey Olympians are angry on Indians who broke Pakistani forward player Muhmmad Imran’s tooth in Australia during a match on October 28, 2011. Olympians were of the view that the Federation of International Hockey (FIH) should hand Indian aggressors stern punishment for their non-sportive behavior on field.
Former chief selector of PHF, Hasan Sardar, said they never saw this type of incident in hockey history and they played a lot of pressure games against arch-rivals. “I can’t bear a player who sat on bench and came to hit a player with the stick, and such a player should be banned for life,” he stated. “I am sure the PHF must be waiting for team manager’s report and when they get the report, it will write a later to the FIH asking for a huge punishment to the Indian player,” Hassan Sardar was quoted as saying on Tuesday. Meanwhile, former captain and coach/manager of national team Olympian Islah-ud-Din has also urged the FIH to take stern action against the Indians. “I read the report of tournament director in which he stated Pakistani players were not responsible for that brawl, and now it is up to the FIH to take serious notice of this brawl,” he added. It is important to mention here that the brawl started when Indian midfielder Gurbaj Singh deliberately hit the knee of Pakistani player Shafqat Rasool. As a punishment, the referee gave corner to Pakistan and when Muhmmad Imran was going to hit the corner, suddenly Chandi Singh who came from outside the hockey pitch, attacked him with his stick and broke his two teeth. After the brawl, tournament director Graham Napier banned Chandi Singh and Indian assistant coach for five matches and Gurbaj Singh was banned for three matches. But now the FIH decision is still awaited on the issue.
International hockey federation should take a stern action against those players who were responsible for the brawl. Players need to learn in sports there is no place for such behaviour. India and Pakistan hockey games are always exciting and people from sub-continent love to watch those games. Play hard but fair and in the right spirit,t at the end of the day it’s just a sport.
No indian got hurt.
Always calm and quite should not TOUCHED without 'meanings' resulted in same UGLY INCIDENT, hence for better controls FIH should intervene nad punished SEVERELY like JAIL on murder attempt to players attacked.
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