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13Apr

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Hockey, IND vs AUS, Match 5 Highlights: Dhami’s late goal not enough, India go down 2-3 in final match

[ad_1] IND vs AUS Hockey Test Series, Match 5 Highlights: Harmanpreet Singh-led Indian hockey finished their tour of Australia winless, going down 2-3 against the Kookaburras in the five-match Test series in Perth on Sunday.India were outplayed 1-5 in the opening Test, but have shown improvement since. While they lost the second, third and fourth Tests 2-4, 1-2, 1-3, respectively, India held a lead in each of those matches.The fifth match could be filed under the close-yet-no-cigar category. India yet again took the lead, thanks to Harmanpreet Singh in the first quarter. But India yet again couldn’t stop an Australian comeback as they scored three goals either side of the half time. Boby Singh Dhami, on his senior debut, did score in Q4 to spark hopes of a draw at least but India ran ou...

12Apr

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India vs Australia Hockey Test Series, Match 4 Live Updates: Harmanpreet Singh and Co eye their first victory of series

[ad_1] How Craig Fulton’s India lost their third straight match in Australia The third defeat in a row means Australia clinched the five-match series in Perth. But for India, this defeat will hurt more than the previous two.(File) India’s rivals in world hockey share a common belief. No matter how good India are on the day, it is held, a mistake is just around the corner. It could come in the form of a wrong decision in the middle of the park or a defensive blunder; very early in the game or towards the later stakes. And so, they wait. Weather the counter-attacking storm, run to a defensive wall and wait patiently for that one error, which would present them with an opportunity to score. (READ MORE) !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMetho...

7Apr

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Hockey, IND vs AUS: Harmanpreet Singh gives hope but Australia storm back on a day India’s attack struggles again

[ad_1] On paper, 2-4 is better than 1-5. The Indian men’s hockey team bridged the gap a bit but went down in a six-goal clash against their nemesis Australia in Perth on Sunday to trail 0-2 in the five-match series. Before the team departed to Australia, head coach Craig Fulton had said that going toe-to-toe for long periods was the key to beating the Kookaburras. Unfortunately, for the second day running, a drop-off in the level – especially in the third quarter – proved to be India’s undoing. A 15-minute blitz saw Australia score three times to turn around a 1-2 half-time deficit. “The Aussies punished us for our mistakes but I didn’t think we were at the races, to be honest,” Fulton had said pre-match about his side’s performance in the first game, and India gave a better account of t...

5Apr

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Paris Olympics: India’s hockey team enters home stretch by taking on its kryptonite, Australia

[ad_1] The last time India toured Australia for a Test series, in late 2022, it was to ‘desensitise’ the players against the Kookaburras.“To make ourselves understand that we are good enough to beat them when we play well,” then-coach Graham Reid had said. “We need to make sure our game is bulletproof.” The reason to use that expression is because, for a while now, Australia has been the Indian men’s hockey team’s Kryptonite. There was just an aura around them that somehow weakened India. Two results spring to mind immediately: The 7-1 thrashing in the group stage of the Tokyo Olympics and just over a year later, a 7-0 hammering in the final of the Commonwealth Games. Both those times, the Indian team were near the top of their game and yet, against the Aussies, came undone. We’re ready...

15Feb

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FIH Hockey Pro League: India go aerial before crash landing against familiar foes Australia in a crazy match

[ad_1] The 60 minutes on a breezy night under lights against Australia neatly summarised the 60 years of Indian hockey since they stopped being the world masters. Suffering, comeback, hope before things, eventually, fall apart.On Thursday at the Kalinga, there were at least two elements that aren’t usually associated with an Indian performance against Australia – comeback and hope. For those clinging on to some positives to take away from India’s 4-6 defeat in the FIH Pro League, it would be that. The tennis set-like scoreline doesn’t reflect how good India were – albeit in spells – and how unfair the final score might feel to the players who left everything on the field. A Goal Fest we witnessed tonight. A game of comebacks. The first half belonged to Team India, second half Australian...

15Mar

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Hockey Pro League: India beat Australia again to add to feel-good factor after World Cup debacle

[ad_1] In the cycle of emotions that hockey evokes, India has once again reached the stage of hope. Flirting with optimism is fraught with risk since it almost always ends with a stab in the heart but for hockey tragics, it is tough not to get carried away in the wave of optimism. Especially when a team that looked out of its depth a couple of months ago gets its act together and puts on a show. FIH Pro League results always come with caveats since teams, including India, seldom field full-strength sides. At Rourkela this last week, all three nations used the mini-tournament to test combinations heading into the Olympic cycle. So, India’s unbeaten run against world champions Germany and bogey team Australia, whom they held to a 2-2 draw on Wednesday (winning the tie-breakers 5-4), should...