India conceded a late goal to lose 3-2 to lower-ranked Malaysia and crashed out of the title race in the 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament here on Wednesday.
Faizaal Saari (17th min), Haziq Samsul (35th) and Shahrun Abdullah (58th) scored the goals to hand Malaysia its first win of the tournament after two consecutive defeats.
For India, Rupinder Pal Singh (20th, 51st) converted two penalty corners, but it was not enough to give new chief coach Paul van Ass his first win. With just one point from three games, India is out of the title race.
The results: Malaysia 3 (Faizaal Saari 17, Haziq Samsul 35, Shahrun Abdullah 58) bt India 2 (Rupinder Pal Singh 20, 51); Australia 5 (Jamie Dwyer 18, 45, 48, Mark Knowles 22, Eddie Ockenden 23) bt Korea 2 (Seongkyu Kim 17, Jobghyun Jang 54); New Zealand 5 (Blair Hilton 26, Hugo Inglis 41, 45, Simon Child 44, Shay Neal 59) bt Canada 0.