FIH Pro League: Indian Women Succumb to 2-3 Defeat to Great Britian – News18

The Indian ladies’s hockey crew went down preventing 2-3 to Great Britain of their FIH Pro League match on Sunday, extending their run of losses to eight matches.

India thus ended their Pro League season with a heartbreaking defeat to the house crew, having performed properly for almost all of the match earlier than Grace Baldson (56′ and 58′) quick-fire brace snatched victory for Great Britain.

Two calls went in opposition to go in opposition to India, together with a video assessment leaving coach Harendra Singh pissed off.

With the rating studying 2-2 and the ultimate hooter approaching, Badlson struck the winner — a strong drag flick hitting the underside nook.

Badlson thus broke Indian hearts as soon as once more three years after scoring the winner on the Tokyo Olympics that gave Great Britain the bronze medal.

Her strikes additionally prevented India from profitable their first match below Harendra.

Lalremsiami scored a subject purpose for India within the 14th minute after Watson Charlotte put Britain in lead along with her third minute strike.

Kaur Navneet was the goal-scorer for India, discovering the goal within the twenty third minute.

It was a much-improved efficiency by the Indian facet however not sufficient to beak their run of defeats.

“These are not the results what we want. We are upset about today’s result. We came back from a goal down, we needed to be calm in the end.

“When we came here, we had to play attacking hockey. The four matches in Belgium, we were defensive. We did that in London, but of course our defence needs to better,” stated goalkeeper Savita Punia.

“It means a lot to Indian hockey that we keep our place in the Pro League, because otherwise we don’t get enough matches. Not happy with performances, but happy that we remain the Pro League,” she added.

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