Yesterday, India won their first engagement in Argentina 4-3 for a grand start to the tour. Harmanpreet Singh (28′), Rupinder Pal Singh (33′) and Varun Kumar (47′) and  Nilakanta Sharma (16′) scored for India.

This is what Chief Coach Graham Reid said about the tour opener.

“It was a very good practice match, intensely fought by both teams. It is always nice to come up with a win against a team like Olympic Champions Argentina as it amplifies our confidence levels”.

“We were able to create opportunities in the circle and also convert them. This was one of the areas we really put our minds to in the national camp back in SAI, Bengaluru. But we allowed Argentina to come back into the game particularly in the third quarter where they scored twice. When you play a strong team like them, we need to be consistent in all the quarters.”

“Each match we play is a learning experience and I feel we have scope to do better. We look forward to a good match on Wednesday too. These matches will surely help us when we take on the home team in the double header Pro League matches.”

India will play their second practice match against Olympic Champions Argentina on Wednesday, 7 April 2021 at 2030 hours IST.