It is said, “All’s well that ends well”. I don’t know how well these results are for the Indian hockey, but certainly, there is something to smile about.
Let’s talk about the junior women first. They started nicely at the junior Women Hockey World Cup at Boston, U.S.A., but lost their rhythm in-between.
They played their last match against New Zealand for the 9th place and won it. Rani Devi, who scored both the goals, was star, yet again.
Meanwhile, Indian men played their last test against The Nederland and drew it 3-3. Not bad at all. Especially when you are playing world #4 and trailing 1-3 in the match.
Surprisingly, India took the lead, thanks to young Gurvinder Singh Chandi.
But Holland hit back. Rogier Hoffman produced the equaliser and Taeke Takema obtained the lead for the home team. Ronald Brouwer then extended the lead to 3-1.
Then it was the Indian skipper Sandip Singh who converted two penalty corners to draw India’s final test on the European tour.
2 Comments
A good display by the Indians in both games.However,a number defensive mistakes cost the Indians dearly.Frankly certain players should not be in the team and are not international standard. With out doubt Sardar Singh has been the outstanding player on tour.
Hi
I was there to see the game and I think the indian hockey team showed a huge amount of improvement compared to their matches against England.scoring a 3-3 draw is not mean acheivement when the team is gaining experience.The dutch missed couple of easy chances.I think the defence needs to improve to cover the lone man floating in the deep and also we need to play a lot more through balls to enter the D.But I loved meeting the team and there a bunch of talented guys ,very hard working and humble.
thanks
Avinash