FIH Pro League: Indian women lose to Netherlands in shootout

Bhubaneswar: The Indian women”s hockey team dished out a below-par performance to suffer a 1-3 loss to Olympic champions Netherlands” second string side in the shootout after both sides were locked 1-1 in the regulation time in the second match of their FIH Pro League tie here on Saturday. Rajwinder Kaur scored in the first […]

Bhubaneswar: The Indian women”s hockey team dished out a below-par performance to suffer a 1-3 loss to Olympic champions Netherlands” second string side in the shootout after both sides were locked 1-1 in the regulation time in the second match of their FIH Pro League tie here on Saturday.

Rajwinder Kaur scored in the first minute of the match and the Dutch side, playing here without any player who have won gold in the Tokyo Olympics last year, equalised in the 53rd minute through captain Jansen Yibbi to take the match to the shootout. Jansen was the most experienced player of the Dutch side with 24 caps before Saturday”s match.

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Only four other Dutch players have played more than 10 international matches. Captain and goalkeeper Savita was the most experienced Indian with 223 caps. India, who are also without three key players in Lalremsiami, Salima Tete and Sharmila Devi from the historic fourth-place finish in the Tokyo Olympics, had won the first match 2-1 on Friday.

That win was the first against the Netherlands in over a decade. India collected one point from the match to remain on second spot in the standings, while the Netherlands also retained their numero uno position. The Dutch now have 19 points from eight matches, while India have 16 points, also from eight matches.

 

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