Men’s Hockey World Cup Live: All you need to know about Ind vs Wales Head to Head encounter

Men in Blue will be facing Wales today in the marquee event and they need to register the victor against the latter with a big margin to stay at the top of the points table of Pool D.

Here in this article, we will analyze head-to-head records between these two in today’s encounter in detail. Let’s have a look in detail

These two will be playing in Hockey World Cup for the first time as Wales have qualified for the marquee event for the first time but outside of World Cup they have played on 3 occasions where India have won all three matches.

All 3 occasions where India defeated Wales came in Commonwealth Games in distinct edition in 2014, 2018 and 2022 where they defeated the latter with the score of 4-1, 4-3 and 3-1 respectively.

India has an experience squad in comparison to Spain which are pretty new in this marquee event all eyes will be on experience India strikers and defenders to position themselves against young Spanish side.

India has been too good when it comes to defence in this mega event and only certain players need to join the party and if that happens successfully it will be perfect walk for them.

Coach Graham Reid has introduced a new style of hockey where players no longer break under pressure, which is an amazing development to see.

Once the world cup is over, India will be eager to finish on the podium and will have to contend with Australia and Belgium.