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The Indians controlled the game from start to finish and scored through Shilanand Lakra (4th minute), Dilpreet Singh (7th), Mandeep Singh (18th), Raj Kumar Pal (37th), Sukhjeet Singh (39th) and Abhishek (46th, 50th).
50th anniversary of India's triumph in the hockey World Cup, unmatched till now.
Germany made a remarkable comeback to beat defending champions Belgium 5-4 in the sudden death shoot-out after playing a 3-3 in the regulation time.
With around 60 per cent ball possession, the home side had 14 shots at goal as against nine by South Africa.
Belgium beat the last two editions' runners-up Netherlands in a penalty shootout 3-2.
Abhishek and Harmanpreet Singh scored a brace each at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium.
PR Sreejesh suffered an injury in the shootout that the hosts lost 4-5.
India took a 2-0 lead through goals from Shamsher Singh (21st) and Akashdeep Singh (32nd) before Wales stunned the home team with twin strikes in a span of two minutes.
The hosts had earlier started their campaign with a 2-0 victory over Spain.
A win against England, ranked fifth in the world, on Sunday will help India put one foot in the quarterfinals of the World Cup.
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