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Having overcome South Africa's challenge in the semi final, India will now take on Australia in the Gold Medal match of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

India will take on South Africa in the semi final of the Men's Hockey event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. While India topped their group winning three of the four games, all South Africa could muster was two wins a draw and a loss in their pool matches.

Indian hockey star Gurjant Singh feels that the time spent by the players in the national camp due to the pandemic situation has helped the team come together. The Graham Reid coached side is currently aiming to break the 40-year old Olympic-medal jinx at the 2021 Tokyo Games, later this year.

Indian hockey team coach Graham Reid feels that it is dangerous to make predictions for the Olympics just based on the recent performances. The Indian team has shown vast improvements in the past few years and recently returned with positive results from tours of Europe and Argentina.