The Indian women’s hockey team kept alive its hopes of getting a ticket to the Paris Olympics by defeating New Zealand 3-1 with a brilliant performance in its second pool match of the FIH Women’s Olympic Qualifier here on Sunday. The Indian team, which slipped one place to seventh place in the world rankings released on Saturday, did not have a good start in the tournament and had to face a 0-1 defeat against lower ranked America in the first match of Pool B. New Zealand had registered an easy 3-0 victory over Italy on Saturday. But on Sunday the Indian team looked completely changed. Leaving behind the defeat to America, the Indian team performed all-round and used every corner of the turf to attack with short and sharp passes.
