{"id":25897,"date":"2016-02-21T04:44:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-21T04:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=25897"},"modified":"2016-02-21T04:44:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-21T04:44:22","slug":"hockey-indian-eves-open-account-with-a-1-0-win-against-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=25897","title":{"rendered":"Hockey: Indian eves open account with a 1-0 win against South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-22233\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/India-Women-Team_1-FILE-PHOTO.jpg\" alt=\"India Women Team 1 FILE PHOTO\" width=\"260\" height=\"162\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/India-Women-Team_1-FILE-PHOTO.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/India-Women-Team_1-FILE-PHOTO-150x93.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>Cape Town:<\/strong> The first game of the South African tour for the Indian Women&rsquo;s team started on a positive note with a 1-0 win over South Africa. <\/p>\n<p>The match started with both the teams trying to understand each other&rsquo;s playing style hence, playing a cautious game. A lot of the game was played in the midfield but superb defensive play by both the teams ensured a goal less first half.<\/p>\n<p>The third period saw a shift in the game plan by both the teams with attacking play from both the sides but none of the teams managed to break the deadlock. <\/p>\n<p>The penultimate period ended with the score at 0-0. India in order to win pressed hard and their efforts finally reaped rewards in the 55th minute through a penalty corner conversion by Deepika to give India their first win on the tour.<\/p>\n<p>The next match of the tour will be played between India and South Africa on 21st February, 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-22233\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/India-Women-Team_1-FILE-PHOTO.jpg\" alt=\"India Women Team 1 FILE PHOTO\" width=\"260\" height=\"162\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/India-Women-Team_1-FILE-PHOTO.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/India-Women-Team_1-FILE-PHOTO-150x93.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>Cape Town:<\/strong> The first game of the South African tour for the Indian Women&rsquo;s team started on a positive note with a 1-0 win over South Africa. <\/p>\n<p>The match started with both the teams trying to understand each other&rsquo;s playing style hence, playing a cautious game. A lot of the game was played in the midfield but superb defensive play by both the teams ensured a goal less first half.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[14518,3356,15016,466],"class_list":["post-25897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hockey-hockey","tag-deepika","tag-hockey-news","tag-india-vs-south-africa-women-hockey-series","tag-indian-sports-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hockey: Indian eves open account with a 1-0 win against South Africa - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=25897\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hockey: Indian eves open account with a 1-0 win against South Africa - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cape Town: The first game of the South African tour for the Indian Women&rsquo;s team started on a positive note with a 1-0 win over South Africa. 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