India vs Great Britain FIH Pro League Highlights: After starting the London leg of the FIH Pro League on a winning note on Saturday, Indian men’s hockey team went down 1-3 against hosts Great Britain. Salima Tete and Co took to the field later and played out a thriller of the match but eventually ended up losing 2-3 in a five goal thriller against GBR.
With three matches left in their Pro League season, head coach Craig Fulton would’ve been looking fine-tune the preparations and finalise his squad for the Olympic Games. But the defeat against GBR was a lesson that this side is still lacking the consistency.
Under Harendra Singh’s stint as head coach, Indian women’s hockey team are in transition after missing out on qualification for Paris Olympics. They are yet to win a match in their European tour, and were soundly beaten by Germany on Saturday, despite a stellar performance by Savita Punia in goal, who helped keep the score decent at 1-3. Against GBR, they once again paid for a poor start, conceding two early goals. But they fought back well to equalise with four minutes left, however unfortunately conceded the winner a minute later.
On Saturday, Harmanpreet Singh and Co defeated world champions Germany (although not at their full strength) 3-0 with a clinical display. They overcame periods of sustained pressure to keep a clean sheet with PR Sreejesh once again having a good match. Going forward, India were efficient as Harmanpreet scored from a drag flick in Q2 before Sukhjeet Singh and Gurjant Singh scored fine field goals in Q3. Germany failed to convert from as many as 12 penalty corners.
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