FIH Men’s Hockey World cup 2023 : India’s sporting family unites to wish Team India luck

India’s entire sporting fraternity wishes India luck ahead of their first match against Spain

The day has finally arrived! After a wait of 5 years, the FIH Men’s Hockey World cup has returned for the 2023 edition scheduled to start from today at Odisha. Bhuvaneshwar’s Kalinga Stadium and Rourkela’s newly-built Birsa Munda Stadium will host the entire event.

Odisha, who are the title sponsors of the the Indian team are staging the World cup for the second time in a row and this time the event is expected to be a grand success.

Argentina and South Africa locked horns against each other in the opening match of the WC. The Argentinians were able to clinch the victory by 1-0 and kicked off their World campaign in style. India are also gearing up to begin their journey as they take on Spain in their first group game.

Expectations are high and all eyes are on the host nation who are yet to win a World cup since 1975. Their first challenge will be to break through a tough group which has teams like England, Spain and Wales. India’s recent success came during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics when they won the Bronze medal and ended a 41-year drought for an Olympic medal.

Before they take on Spain later today at 7 PM, India’s sporting family has wished luck and passed on expectations to have a successful tournament.

My best wishes to our Indian men's hockey team for the World Cup. Go and enjoy yourself, we all are backing you. Good luck. 🇮🇳💪

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) January 13, 2023

The likes of Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, Dilip Kumar Tirkey, Gautam Gambhir, Rupinder Pal Singh Ravindra Jadeja, Prasidh Krishna are among the sports persons who wished Team India all the luck for the World cup.

I would like to wish our Indian hockey team a very best of luck for the Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup. Will be watching and supporting you guys. Chak de India 🇮🇳 #HWC2023 @lalithockey @sports_odisha @TheHockeyIndia

— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina) January 13, 2023

Good luck to our men’s hockey team for the World Cup 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/XpZ3sBbjVX

— Shreyas Iyer (@ShreyasIyer15) January 13, 2023

Best wishes for #TeamIndia for the Hockey World Cup 2023 🇮🇳 Let’s cheer our team!#HWC2023 pic.twitter.com/GFoQ4EpHej

— Rupinder Pal Singh (@rupinderbob3) January 12, 2023

All the best #TeamIndia @TheHockeyIndia
Be a champion 🏆 #HockeyWorldCup2023#HWC2023#cheer4India pic.twitter.com/yZNtsrde5B

— Munaf Patel (@munafpa99881129) January 13, 2023

All the very best team @TheHockeyIndia 👍
Catch the action live tonight on @StarSportsIndia
Chak de india !!! 🇮🇳#Thehockeyworldcup2023 #IndiaKaGame #HWC2023 pic.twitter.com/cdrQDXQ7vN

— SK Uthappa OLY (@Uthappask) January 13, 2023

Jeetega bhai jeetega INDIA jeetega!!
I'm cheering team INDIA this hockey world cup!! Let's goooooo boys!! ❤️🏑@TheHockeyIndia @sports_odisha @16Sreejesh @manpreetpawar07 #HockeyWorldCup2023 #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/O4IHU3R8kl

— Jemimah Rodrigues (@JemiRodrigues) January 12, 2023

After Spain, India will face England on 15th January and Wales on 17th January. All the matches are scheduled to start from 7 PM onwards.