The Indian women's hockey team defeated South Africa 4-3 in their final Pool A match at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in the Oi Hockey Stadium on Saturday. The match had a rather panic-stricken start as there were four referrals in the first two minutes itself which kept the video umpire busy. However, eventually, it was India who took the early lead through Vandana Katariya as she netted an early goal following a superb run from Navneet Kaur. The South Africans did manage to equalise in the final minutes of the first quarter with Christie Glasby's goal but clearly the Indians had dominated that passage of play. The Indians scored early again in the second quarter and took the lead with Deep Grace and Vandana combining through a penalty corner with the latter coming to India's rescue yet again. Just like the first quarter, Indians dominated the second one too, but conceded in the final seconds to go to half-time at 2-2.