India defeated Argentina 3-2 in the second test.
Indian scorers: Shivendra Singh, Prabhjot Singh and Sandeep Singh
Argentina Scorer: Mario Almada and Pedro Ibarra
India’s form against the hosts continued on day two as well. In a tense fight, when the teams stood 2-2, a penalty corner conversion by Sandeep Singh gave India the edge.
India won the first Test honours 2-1. With this India takes 2-0 lead in the 4-Match friendly series.
This is first time any Indian senior team visited Argentina for a friendly series. India’s biggest duel in Argentina was in Buenos Aires Word Cup (1978)
Next two days (Tuesday and Wednesday are earmarked for rest before the rivals resume another two matches at stadium Panamericano de Mar del Plata.
Argentina team: Juan Manuel Vivaldi; Lucas Argento, Matías Rey, Juan Ignacio Gilardi y Juan Martín López; Matías Paredes, Matías Vila (capitán), Lucas Rey, Mario Almada, Rodrigo Vila y Lucas Vila: Coach: Carlos Retegui; Substitutions: Joaquín González Rothberg, Tomás Argento, Ignacio Bergner, Facundo Callioni, Lucas Cammareri, Agustín Corradini, Pedro Ibarra, Francisco Corradini.
Indian team: Baljeet; Dilip, Sandeep, Prabodh, Prabhjot, Deepak, Gurbaj, Tushar, Rajpal, Shivendra, VS Vinaya, Coach: Harendra, Substitutes: Vikram, Ravipal, Bharat, Sunil.
Goals: 12m Shivendra (I), 13m Mario Almada (A) 40m Prabhjot (I), 37 Pedro Ibarra (A) and 60m Sandeep Singh (I)
Umpires: Juan Manuel Boneli and Parnam Singh
Well done India….Keep it up!!!