India were left with a mountain to climb following England’s 4-0 spanking of Spain in the preceding game if they wanted to top Pool D to advance directly to the quarterfinals and avoid playing the extra crossover game. They had to beat Wales by an eight-goal margin, something which they’d never done in a FIH World Cup game - their biggest win being a 7-0 defeat of Ghana way
ROTTERDAM, June 18: The Indian men’s hockey team produced a lion hearted performance before going down 1-4 to leaders the Netherlands in the shoot-out after both the sides were locked 2-2 at regulation time to virtually crash out of the title race of the FIH Pro League here on Saturday. India are still placed third with 30 points from 15 games with just one match remaining. The Netherlands are leading the table with 33 points from 13 […]
Harmanpreet Singh converted a penalty corner in the final seconds of the match to help a resilient India fight back and hold the Netherlands to a 2-2 draw in the FIH Hockey Pro League. However, the hosts picked a bonus point from a 4-1 shootout .