<p class="title">The Indian women's hockey team Saturday secured a place in the final round of Tokyo Olympic qualifiers after beating lower-ranked Chile 4-2 in the semifinals of FIH Series Finals here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chile took a surprise lead in the 18th minute through Carolina Garcia but India restored parity in the 22nd minute through Gurjit Kaur as the two sides went into the half-time at 1-1.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India then took a two-goal lead with Navneet Kaur scoring in the 31st minute and Gurjit Kaur finding the target for the second time (37th) in the match.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Manuela Urroz scored Chile's second goal in the 43rd minute to reduce the gap to 3-2 before Indian captain Rani Rampal took the game beyond the reach of the South Americans with a 57th-minute strike.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the final on Sunday, India will play against the winner of Saturday's other semifinal match between Russia and Japan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The top two teams from this tournament qualify for the final round of 2020 Olympics qualifiers to be held later this year. </p>
<p class="title">The Indian women's hockey team Saturday secured a place in the final round of Tokyo Olympic qualifiers after beating lower-ranked Chile 4-2 in the semifinals of FIH Series Finals here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chile took a surprise lead in the 18th minute through Carolina Garcia but India restored parity in the 22nd minute through Gurjit Kaur as the two sides went into the half-time at 1-1.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India then took a two-goal lead with Navneet Kaur scoring in the 31st minute and Gurjit Kaur finding the target for the second time (37th) in the match.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Manuela Urroz scored Chile's second goal in the 43rd minute to reduce the gap to 3-2 before Indian captain Rani Rampal took the game beyond the reach of the South Americans with a 57th-minute strike.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the final on Sunday, India will play against the winner of Saturday's other semifinal match between Russia and Japan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The top two teams from this tournament qualify for the final round of 2020 Olympics qualifiers to be held later this year. </p>