Jalandhar: India's Varun Kumar's family were nervous early in the morning ahead of India's clash against Germany. Sitting in their common hall in front of television with clasped hands, the family made a collective scream and clapped after Indian hockey team won country's first medal after four decades.
And Etv Bharat's cameras were stationed to capture the surreal moment. Watch the video embedded above and share happiness as India braces for a massive victory at Tokyo Olympics.
Read: Dream meets reality after 41 years: India get bronze, beat Germany 5-4
A resolute Indian men's hockey team rewrote history as it claimed an Olympic medal after 41 years, defeating a plucky Germany 5-4 to win the bronze in an edge-of-the-seat play-off match of the ongoing Games here on Thursday.
The eight-time former gold-winners, who battled a heartbreaking slump in the last four decades, made the resurgence of the last couple of years count in the best way possible with an Olympic medal.
