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FIH Pro League: India loses to Australia in shootout - HIGHLIGHTS
Indian men's hockey team suffered their second consecutive defeat on a penalty shootout against Australia in Rourkela on Saturday.
Indian men's hockey team takes on Australia in FIH Hockey Pro League (source: Hockey India)
The Indian men's hockey team played Australia in their third match of the FIH Pro League Rourkela leg but suffered their second consecutive lose on a penalty shootout.
India coming into the fixture with two back-to-back penalty shootout matches against Spain and Netherlands will be disappointed to take another match into shootout despite leading by a goal till 55 minutes.
The Indian team will play their final match of the Rourkela leg against Ireland tomorrow at 7:30 PM IST.
As it Happened:
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- 24 Feb 2024 2:43 PM GMT
23' Govers scores the equaliser for Australia on a penalty stroke
Q2: India 1-1 Australia
- 24 Feb 2024 2:38 PM GMT
20' Harmanpreet Singh scores the first goal of the match
Harmanpreet Singh scores the first goal of the match after second time of asking with a powerful dradflick in the bottom right corner.
Q2: India 1-0 Australia
- 24 Feb 2024 2:32 PM GMT
End of 1st quarter: India 0-0 Australia
India somehow survives in the first quarter after some solid defending on the constant attack of the Australian team.
There was no clear cut chances for any team in this quarter except that penalty corner for the Indian team.
- 24 Feb 2024 2:20 PM GMT
8' Akashdeep wins the first penalty corner of the match for India
Q1: India 0-0 Australia
