HWL 2017: India to lock horns with World No-1 Argentina in semi-finals today

After registering a stunning performance against the Olympic silver medallist Belgium in the quarter-finals hosts India will now lock horns with Olympic Champion and World No 1 Argentina in the semis of the Hockey World League Final on Friday.

During the entire tournament, predicting India's performance was next to impossible as inconsistency had been haunting the team so far.

And it would not be wrong to say that after such a spirited performance against Belgians, India has surely overcome its failure and are using it to their advantage.

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But, India's next match with Argentina will definitely not be an easy ride. They have to come up with a different plan to and have to display a much-improved show to win the big game today.

India and Argentina have so far played 46 games against each other, out of which India have won 26, lost 16 and four ended in a tie.

If seen the previous matches, India was the only team that defeated Argentina on their way to gold medal triumph in 2016 Olympics. In Rio also, the Indians defeated Argentina 2-1 in the pool stages.

However, it still remains to be seen how Indian will handle the big match pressure against Argentina, which too had a relatively poor pool campaign before they registered their first win here in the quarterfinal.