Amit Rohidas Handed One-Match Ban, To Miss Paris Olympics 2024 Hockey Semifinal

Indian males’s hockey crew participant Amit Rohidas was handed an one-match ban after he was proven a purple card within the Paris Olympics 2024 quarterfinal match towards Nice Britain on Sunday. In consequence, he’ll miss India’s semifinal encounter on Tuesday. Through the second quarter of the match towards Nice Britain, Rohidas was dribbling within the midfield when his stick hit a rival participant and he was proven a purple card by the on-field umpire. Though India needed to play majority of the match with simply 10 males, they ended up clinching the encounter in shootout with PR Sreejesh rising as their prime performer.

Earlier, Hockey India formally raised issues concerning the high quality of umpiring and decision-making.

Key points highlighted included:

1.    Inconsistent video umpire opinions, notably relating to the purple card choice for an Indian participant, which has eroded belief within the video evaluation system.

2.    Teaching of a goalkeeper from behind the goalpost through the shoot-out. 

3.    Use of a video pill by a goalkeeper through the shoot-out. 

“These incidents have undermined confidence within the officiating course of amongst gamers, coaches, and followers. Hockey India requires a radical evaluation of those issues to uphold the integrity of the game and guarantee truthful play in future matches,” the official assertion from Hockey India learn.

Coming to the match, India produced a gritty efficiency to clinch the encounter within the shootout.

Harmanpreet Singh handed India the lead within the twenty second minute however Lee Morton scored simply 5 minutes later to deliver England again into the sport. The purple card did trigger a little bit of downside for India however they saved the opponents at bay with Sreejesh pulling off couple of spectacular saves. Within the shootout, India transformed all of their possibilities and stopped England from scoring twice to win 4-2.