Salta: India overcame a two-goal deficit to eke out a 3-2 win over host Argentina and finish with the bronze medal in the Champions Challenge hockey tournament here.

India was trailing 0-2, both goals coming from Facundo Callioni, before V. Raghunath (35th minute), Gurbaz Singh (54th) and Dhananjay Mahadik (69th) sounded the boards to complete the win.

New Zealand qualified for next year’s elite Champions Trophy after scoring a 4-2 win over Pakistan in the final.

The results: Final: New Zealand 4 (Ryan Archibald, Phillip Burrows 2, Steven Edwards) bt Pakistan 2 (Sohail Abbas, Rehan Butt). For third-place: India 3 (V. Raghunath, Gurbaz Singh, Dhananjay Mahadik) bt Argentina 2 (Facundo Callioni 2). — PTI