BHUBANESWAR, India – Pakistan lost a must-win match to the Netherlands at the Hockey World Cup 2018 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.
The Dutch side beat Green Shirts 5-1 to finish 2nd in Group D. Pakistan has still made the crossover, having finished 3rd.
India will face the winner of the crossover between Netherlands & Canada, while Germany face the winner of Belgium vs Pakistan in Quarter Finals.
The match started at 6:30pm (PST). The live streaming of the fixture will be available on Star India’s official online streaming platform, Hotstar. You can find live score and live streaming on dailypakistan.com.pk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EVWuQZp228
PTV Sports will also televise all remaining matches of Pakistan.
According to the current standings of Pool D, Pakistan’s goal difference is -1 whereas Malaysia’s goal difference is -6.
Pakistan have won five times (including a shootout), while Netherlands have won thrice and two games have ended in a draw.
Netherlands, currently ranked fourth in the world, thumped Malaysia 7-0 in their opening game while Pakistan, ranked 13, went down fighting 0-1 to Germany.
The men in green were held by Malaysia 1-1 in their next game, while Netherlands were beaten 4-1 by Germany.
Captain Mohammad Rizwan Senior has been ruled out of the rest of the tournament due to a fractured finger. He will be replaced by Arslan Qadir.
Ammad Butt who had been given a one-match ban suspension before the game against Malaysia will be taking the field against Netherlands today.
Butt’s suspension was overturned on Saturday.
