India moved forward of Australia, who dropped a spot all the way down to 5th.
The Netherlands, who received bronze within the World Cup, are on the most sensible spot whilst runners-up Belgium occupy the second one position in the most recent FIH scores.
Reigning global champions Germany, who had been on most sensible spot, additionally slipped two puts to 3rd spot after dropping back-to-back suits to India.
India received all their 4 suits — two every in opposition to Germany and Australia — of their FIH Pro League suits performed on the Birsa Munda Stadium in Rourkela.
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This is lower than two months after India made a stunning last-16 go out within the World Cup held in Bhubaneswar in January.
India received each the double-legged suits in opposition to Germany 3–2 and six–3 whilst they beat Australia 5–4 and four–3 in penalty shootout (after 2–2 in law time) within the first and 2nd video games.
Not handiest the all-win efficiency took India to the highest of the FIH Pro issues League desk, the aspect led through Harmanpreet Singh Jumped two puts from previous 6th to fourth in the most recent FIH scores.
“These things (world ranking) don’t matter to us so much. We don’t keep this in mind when we play. Our only priority was to convert our chances and keep the pressure on the opponent,” India captain Harmanpreet Singh mentioned. .
“Some of the youngsters who got an opportunity to show their talent also stood up to the occasion and did very well for themselves as well as the team,” mentioned Harmanpreet, who’s recently the main goal-scorer within the ongoing FIH Pro League with 11 targets, forward of Belgium’s Alexander Hendrickx (six targets).
The 21,000-capacity Birsa Munda Stadium has became out to be a citadel for the Indian crew who remained unbeaten in 8 suits. The Indian crew has received seven and drawn as soon as on the venue.
India performed 4 suits on the venue within the World Cup — two within the team degree and two within the classification degree — and received three times and drawn as soon as. India beat Spain 2-0 within the first team fit and performed out a 0-0 draw in opposition to England in the second one.
It beat Wales 4-2 within the final team fit on the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar prior to dropping to New Zealand in a penalty shootout within the knockout crossover recreation on the similar venue to crash out of the showpiece.
The Indian crew then received two classification suits on the Birsa Munda Stadium to complete at joint 9th position within the World Cup.
“We are happy to keep our record intact here in Rourkela. We haven’t lost a single match here in this magnificent stadium. Definitely, the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium is very lucky for us,” Harmanpreet mentioned.
“When you get so much love and encouragement from fans, we want to go out there and win every single game,” mentioned the ace drag-flicker who scored two times in India’s demanding shootout victory in opposition to Australia on Wednesday.
“There are many positive takeaways for us from this outing here in Rourkela which will hold us in good stead as we prepare for the upcoming Asian Games,” added Harmanpreet, who flopped along with his drag-flick in India’s World Cup marketing campaign.
(With PTI inputs)