Give Savita Punia the Bharat Ratna - Twitterati heap praise on Indian goalkeeper after team beats New Zealand 2-1 to win CWG 2022 bronze medal × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout Field Hockey Commonwealth Games 2022 News Give Savita Punia the Bharat Ratna - Twitterati heap praise on Indian goalkeeper after team beats New Zealand 2-1 to win CWG 2022 bronze medal By Hari Kishore M Modified 07 Aug 2022 Follow Us Comment Share India's Savita Punia in action against New Zealand. (PC: Getty Images) Savita Punia led from the front and made scintiilating saves as India won the bronze medal, beating New Zealand in a pulsating shootout, at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 (CWG 2022). Savita Punia, true to her moniker of Save-ita, stood like a rock in front of the goal to deny New Zealand as the Indian women's hockey team won 2-1 (1-1 after regulation time). Sonika and Navneet Kaur scored for India in the shootout while Salima Tete scored in the 29th minute of open play. The bronze medal is India's third at the Commonwealth Games, coming after a gap of 16 years. India won the gold medal in the 2002 edition and the silver medal in the 2006 edition. After Savita Punia's breathtaking saves in the shootout, Indian fans took to social media to congratulate her and the team for winning the bronze medal. Read: CWG 2022: Avinash Sable breaks national record again, wins silver medal in 3,000m steeplechase event As Savita Punia made the last save, the Indian bench broke out into a frenzy with wild celebrations and happy tears and the players lifted head coach Janneke Schopman along with Savita Punia to culminate a rewarding campaign. Fans lauded Savita Punia as a legend of Indian hockey while some even wanted her to be offered with the Bharat Ratna. Here are some of the reactions. Johns.@CricCrazyJohnsSavita Punia: Captain, leader, Legend of Indian Women's hockey.70899Savita Punia: Captain, leader, Legend of Indian Women's hockey. https://t.co/oxgZyUAJ8N Harsha Bhogle@bhogleharshaPV Sindhu, Savita Punia, Nitu Ghanghas..Across sports, so many stars. India's women athletes are doing us proud.1595138PV Sindhu, Savita Punia, Nitu Ghanghas..Across sports, so many stars. India's women athletes are doing us proud. Gujarat Titans@gujarat_titansCaptain Savita Punia, take a bow A Hockey ? for our #WomenInBlue after a - win in the Penalty Shootout #B2022 #CWG2022 #TitansOfTheGames12811Captain Savita Punia, take a bow A Hockey ? for our #WomenInBlue after a 2️⃣-1️⃣ win in the Penalty Shootout #B2022 #CWG2022 #TitansOfTheGames Ananya Bahl@BahlAnanyaGive Savita Punia the Bharat Ratna!!Give Savita Punia the Bharat Ratna!! Neha Aggarwal Sharma OLY@nehaaggarwalThis team is just so special Goosebumps & tears of joy!! This bronze means so much Congrats ladies, each one of you is a superstar #India #Hockey #BronzeMedal #CWG2022India506This team is just so special Goosebumps & tears of joy!! This bronze means so much Congrats ladies, each one of you is a superstar #India #Hockey #BronzeMedal #CWG2022India https://t.co/2uu5I9xvot Rohit Gupta@iamrkguptaSavita Punia - The Great Wall Of India In Women's Hockey ?Take A Bow Outstanding Play By India Women's Hockey Team ?Congratulations For ? Medal After 16 Years ?#CWG2022 #CWG #Hockey21Savita Punia - The Great Wall Of India In Women's Hockey ?Take A Bow Outstanding Play By India Women's Hockey Team ?Congratulations For ? Medal After 16 Years ?#CWG2022 #CWG #Hockey Shyam Vasudevan@JesuisShyamSAVE-ITA PUNIA YOU LEGEND!212SAVE-ITA PUNIA YOU LEGEND! Vinayakk@vinayakkm#CWG2022 #B2022 #Hockey IT HAD TO BE. IT HAD TO BE.LADIES & GENTLEMEN, SAVE-ITA! Bronze... and a superb bronze. One that this team so deserved.scroll.in/field/1029925/…16844#CWG2022 #B2022 #Hockey IT HAD TO BE. IT HAD TO BE.LADIES & GENTLEMEN, SAVE-ITA! Bronze... and a superb bronze. One that this team so deserved.scroll.in/field/1029925/… https://t.co/KeSlwAWaWa Pankaj KC@pankaj_c_thisSAVITA PUNIA THE LEGEND SAVITA PUNIA THE LEGEND Darshika Rai@DarshikaRai3SAVITA, YOU LEGEND ???India wind bronze medal ?in women's hockey after defending NZ in shootout#CommonwealthGames2022 #Hockey #SavitaPunia1SAVITA, YOU LEGEND ???India wind bronze medal ?in women's hockey after defending NZ in shootout#CommonwealthGames2022 #Hockey #SavitaPunia Niharika Raina@niharika_rainaLast 18 seconds were just unbelievable!3Last 18 seconds were just unbelievable! Shiv Bahadur Maurya,@ShivBah89376481#Hockey#CWG22 ,#SavitaPunia Thanks GodToday clock is started. We all are feeling it's Gold , not a bronzeWell done India's "Shreni".#Hockey#CWG22 ,#SavitaPunia Thanks GodToday clock is started. We all are feeling it's Gold , not a bronzeWell done India's "Shreni". https://t.co/5NAYipfO77 Satyam Singh@MyFreakyTweets@virendersehwag Savita Punia deserved to be the one to bring the win. Excellent work. Bronze it is! ?@virendersehwag Savita Punia deserved to be the one to bring the win. Excellent work. Bronze it is! ? Sunny Ranjan@I11U5I0NI5TI never thought watching hockey would be so fun and thrilling. It's not for the faint hearted. Indian women's team are freaking awesome. Match going Down the wire, freaking saves from #SavitaPunia Punia, brilliant goals by Navneet. #IndianHockey #femaleathletesofindiaI never thought watching hockey would be so fun and thrilling. It's not for the faint hearted. Indian women's team are freaking awesome. Match going Down the wire, freaking saves from #SavitaPunia Punia, brilliant goals by Navneet. #IndianHockey #femaleathletesofindia ?????.@mann_twts_Savita Punia the Greatest Of All Time Savita Punia the Greatest Of All Time https://t.co/SPISUkWGgI Saurabh (સૌરભ)@SaurabhTeraiyaWhat an outstanding work by Savita at shoot out Time to cherish #Hockey #CommonwealthGames22 #SavitaPunia #RuknaNahiHai1What an outstanding work by Savita at shoot out Time to cherish #Hockey #CommonwealthGames22 #SavitaPunia #RuknaNahiHai https://t.co/p00ksXXRhc Himanshu kumar@himanshukk18SAVITA PUNIA is . Terrific player !!! Conceded just one goal in penalty shootout. The calm and composure she showed at the time is unbelievable. Well done Girls .#Indianhockeyteam #CommonwealthGames2022SAVITA PUNIA is . Terrific player !!! Conceded just one goal in penalty shootout. The calm and composure she showed at the time is unbelievable. Well done Girls .#Indianhockeyteam #CommonwealthGames2022 CWG 2022 Savita Punia-led team concede goal in last minute of regulation time The Indian women's hockey team were on cue and let for 59 minutes of the match, before a foul in the last minute gave New Zealand a penalty corner, and subsequently, a penalty stroke to come back into the match. New Zealand's Olivia Merry converted the penalty stroke and pushed the match to the shootouts. Also read: CWG 2022: "Your medal calls for celebrations, not an apology"- PM Modi cheers dispirited bronze medal-winning wrestler Pooja Gehlot India owned the match for most parts of the game. The players had good coordination among themselves and also created a host of chances. New Zealand could have gone ahead early in the match but Nisha made sure there was no trouble. New Zealand would have rued a missed opportunity as Savita Punia was way out of her line. However, it was only a matter of time before India took the lead. Salima Tete latched on to a pass from Navneet Kaur and beat the Kiwi goalkeeper with a splendid reverse scoop. The Indians could have finished the job seconds earlier too had Sharmila connected cleanly at the near post. New Zealand went for a review to check for a backstick shot but the umpire upheld the goal. India tried a variation in their first penalty corner of the match but Udita's shot was blocked on the line by an agile Kiwi defender. India continued to press hard as Neha Goyal and Navneet Kaur played an excellent one-two on the right flank. Neha did well to dribble and send a weak pass across but no Indian striker was on cue to take the pass. New Zealand almost restored parity when Olivia Merry tapped a pass into the goal. The Indian team went for a referral and were successful as the goal was disallowed as New Zealand did not take the ball five yards behind after getting a free hit. New Zealand got another chance when their striker came face-to-face with Savita Punia but the Indian goalkeeper averted any danger. The ball went to Olivia Shannon, who missed from close range. Both teams lived dangerously in the final quarter, with India creating more opportunities through back-to-back penalty corners, but the scoreline remained intact. New Zealand pressed hard in the final few miuntes but were unable to breach Savita Punia, who stood like a rock in the Indian goal. New Zealand removed their goalkeeper as an extra player in the final four minutes and with India's Lalremsiami getting a yellow card in the final few minutes for not playing to the whistle, New Zealand got the extra push. Neha Goyal made a foul in the dying minutes of the game as New Zealand got a penalty corner and with Navneet Kaur committing another foul, a penalty stroke was awarded to New Zealand with just 10 seconds left on the clock. 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