Hockey
WHIL: Odisha pips Bengal after a thrilling shootout-HIGHLIGHTS
Catch all the LIVE action and score updates of the match between Bengal and Odisha here.
The Srachi Rarh Bengal Tigers are set to face Odisha Warriors in match four of the Women's Hockey India League (WHIL), in Ranchi on Thursday.
With both teams having identical records in terms of win/loss after two games, this match becomes all the more important for both sides to consolidate their position in the top two of the WHIL table.
The match is set to begin at 6:00 PM, IST, at the Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Astroturf Hockey Stadium.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 16 Jan 2025 2:03 PM GMT
A recap of the rules
The attacker should make a shot in under eight seconds for it to count.
We are all set for the first shootout of the WHIL!
- 16 Jan 2025 1:59 PM GMT
FT: Bengal 1-1 Odisha, we're heading to the first shootout of the WHIL!
BENGAL TIGERS 1-1 ODISHA WARRIORS
There you have it! After 60 minutes of enthralling hockey, there is nothing to separate the two sides, and we will be going into a shootout to determine who the winner will be!
What a game we have witnessed today!
- 16 Jan 2025 1:58 PM GMT
58' WHAT A SAVE FROM GRACE O HANLON!
BENGAL TIGERS 1-1 ODISHA WARRIORS
A loose ball inside the circle fell extremely kindly to the Odisha attacker but Grace O Hanlon, the Odisha keeper, used her height and reach to parry the ball away!
- 16 Jan 2025 1:53 PM GMT
54' DOUBLE SAVE FROM JOCELYN!
BENGAL TIGERS 1-1 ODISHA WARRIORS
Wonderful goalkeeping from Jocelyn Bartram as Hannah Cotter is denied!
Her initial attempt, a powerful backhand was saved low down the left and the rebound fell to Cotter again but this time, her shot did not pack the punch and it was a much easier save for the keeper.
- 16 Jan 2025 1:51 PM GMT
53' What a dreadful PC injection!
BENGAL TIGERS 1-1 ODISHA WARRIORS
Odisha win their first PC of the match and with Yibbe Jansen on the field, they had to make it count but a very poor injection meant the PC was wasted.
- 16 Jan 2025 1:47 PM GMT
50' Odisha defending extremely well
BENGAL TIGERS 1-1 ODISHA WARRIORS
Odisha have defended superbly throughout the match, despite the goal from Beauty Dung Dung, which could be put down as a moment of misfortune for the Warriors.
Just ten minutes left before we head into a shootout, that is if both these teams are unable to find a winner before.
- 16 Jan 2025 1:39 PM GMT
The referee signals the start of the final quarter!
Fifteen minutes, all to play for.
Here we go for the final quarter.
- 16 Jan 2025 1:38 PM GMT
End of Q3, still nothing to separate the two sides!
BENGAL TIGERS 1-1 ODISHA WARRIORS
There is everything to play for in match five of the WHIL, as the match heads into its final quarter, and if it stays this way, we will witness the first shootout of the Women's Hockey India League.
- 16 Jan 2025 1:34 PM GMT
It is hard to call a winner in this match
BENGAL TIGERS 1-1 ODISHA WARRIORS
With the last quarter fast approaching, there is very little to separate the two teams as they continue to fight on for a winner.
We have not witnessed a shootout yet in the WHIL, will today be the day we get to witness the first-ever shootout in the WHIL?
- 16 Jan 2025 1:30 PM GMT
37' Odisha so close to taking the lead!
BENGAL TIGERS 1-1 ODISHA WARRIORS
Michelle Fillet had a glorious opportunity to put her team ahead, but Sushila Chanu put her stick out and made a brave block, deflecting the shot to safety.
This is high quality hockey being played by both teams.
