India lose series against Australia

The Indian men’s hockey team went down to Australia by 4-5 in the final match of the fivematch series at the Mate Stadium in Adelaide on Sunday.

With this, India has lost the five-match series by 1-4. India’s solitary win in the series came in the third match. Tom Wickham (1’, 16’) opened the account for Australia, scoring first two goals for the hosts. Australian captain Aran Zalewski (29’), Jacob Anderson (39’) and Jake Whetton (53’) also got their names on the scoresheet.

Indian captain Harmanpreet Singh (23’, 59’), vice-captain Amit Rohidas (33’) and Sukhjeet Singh (54’) netted India’s goals. Aran Zalewski was declared the Player of the Match.

Australia expressed attacking intent at the start of the match and found the net in the very first minute through Tom Wickham’s field goal. India responded well. They earned four penalty corners in the next few minutes but could not convert any of those into goals.