Hockey World Cup: India hold Olympic silver medallists China to 2-2 draw

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India kicked off their Hockey World Cup journey with a challenging 2-2 draw against China. Navneet Kaur opened the scoring, putting India ahead early on. However, Zhang Ying equalised with a penalty stroke. Deepika regained the lead for India with a penalty corner in the second quarter, only for Ma Ning to score in the third and equalise again.