Another shock! Indian men’s hockey team Fih Pro League faces fifth direct defeat in Hockey News

The Indian men’s hockey team faced the fifth consecutive defeat in the FIH Pro League on Saturday, losing 3–2 to Australia in a match, where they initially led two goals through Abhishek’s impressive performance. The necklace connects their previous losses against the Netherlands and Argentina in the tournament.India started firmly and dominated the first two quarters, in which Abhishek gave his team a 2–0 lead in the 8th and 35th minutes. The Indians showed a lot of intention and inspiration despite remembering their captain and Ace Dragflikar Harmanpreet Singh, who were resting due to injury from the previous match against Argentina.Kabakaburas made a strong comeback after Haftime, scoring in the 42nd minute. Joel Rintala and Tom Craig replaced the important penalty corner in the 56th and 60th minutes respectively to win for Australia.India’s early dominance was clear when Abhishek flew from the top of the circle after receiving a pass from Manpreet Singh for the inauguration goal. Goalkeeper Suraj Karekera made several important savings, in which Australia denied the penalty corner in the 11th minute and shut down Joel Rintla in the 19th minute.The second goal came after the break when Sukhjit Singh removed an Australian player and passed Abhishek, who carried out a reverse hit in the goal. Although Australia’s response was fast, APRAMS scored a reversal after saving Karkera’s reverse hit.India had opportunities to increase their lead in the 48th minute, including the back-to-back penalty corner, but failed to change. Australians intensified their attack in the last ten minutes, making four consecutive penalty corners.Rintla successfully replaced one of these penalty corners to level the score. In a dramatic finish, with just 42 seconds remaining, Australia earned another penalty corner, which Craig converted through a deflection from the Jeremy Havard flicks to fulfill its return victory.This loss continues India’s difficult runs in the tournament, which had previously lost in their European leg matches in Netherlands and Argentina twice. Despite showing better performances and taking commanding leads, they were unable to stop Australia from making a successful comeback in the second half.