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The Indian girls’s hockey staff wasted possibilities galore to lose 1-4 towards defending champions Nice Britain right here on Wednesday, its third consecutive preliminary stage defeat which reduces the facet’s possibilities of qualifying for the Olympic quarterfinals.
The Indians have been responsible of losing alternatives of their first two video games and the pattern continued on Wednesday on the Oi Hockey Stadium as Nice Britain punished them by way of strikes from Hannah Martin (2nd and nineteenth minute), Lily Owsley (forty first minute) and Grace Balsdon (57th minute).
This Nice Britain’s second consecutive win in Pool A.
For India, Sharmila Devi scored the lone aim within the twenty third minute.
The Indians wanted not less than a degree from this sport to be protected however they now must win their remaining two matches to have any probability of qualifying for the knockout stage.
India had earlier misplaced 1-5 to world no.1 the Netherlands earlier than slumping to a 0-2 defeat towards Germany. Rani Rampal’s facet will subsequent play Eire on Friday.
Regardless of the score-line, it was a detailed match between world no.11 India and world no.5 Britain.
The distinction between the 2 groups was that India had the higher share of possibilities however Nice Britain utilised extra alternatives that got here their means.
India secured as many as eight penalty corners within the match however transformed only one. Nice Britain too didn’t have nice success charge from set items as they discovered the web simply as soon as from the six they earned.
Nice Britain began aggressively and put the Indian defence underneath stress from the phrase go.
The title-holders didn’t let the Indians cool down with a second minute aim by Martin, which caught the Indian defence off guard.
Nice Britain stored up the stress and had the primary penalty nook within the tenth minute which was saved by India custodian Savita.
The Indians slowly settled down and penetrated the Nice Britain circle on a couple of event however, as has been the case, the forward-line lacked the of entirety.
India earned their first actual scoring probability within the twelfth minute with back-to-back penalty corners however dragflicker Gurjit Kaur was not upto the mark.
The Indians have been responsible of giving an excessive amount of area to Nice Britain inside their half and the defending champions capitalised on their opponents mistake 4 minutes into the second quarter when Martin scored her second aim with a reverse hit after Savita denied Sarah Jones with the preliminary attempt.
India too had their moments within the match and from their third penalty nook, Sharmila to pulled one again for her facet.
Sharmila properly deflected in Gurjit’s flick as India executed a terrific routine to scale back the hole.
The aim pumped up the Indians as they mounted assaults in numbers thereafter and managed to safe one other penalty nook minutes later however wasted the prospect.
Seconds from half time, Sharmila was denied by Nice Britain goalkeeper Madeleine Hinch as India went into the breather trailing 1-3.
The Indians got here out attacking within the third quarter and loved the higher share of possession. They earned three extra penalty corners in succession only a minute after resumption however wasted all.
A minute later, Nice Britain acquired a penalty nook however Savita got here to India’s rescue.
India acquired one other set piece within the third quarter however the consequence was similar.
Nice Britain punished India quickly when Owsley scored from the staff’s third penalty nook.
It was a contentious aim as India requested for referral citing a harmful ball, which gave the impression to be the case in TV replays, however the TV umpire didn’t discover any justification to vary the choice.
The third aim broke India’s momentum as Nice Britain loved the lion’s share of possession within the ultimate quarter and within the course of secured two extra penalty corners, the second of which resulted in a stroke and Balsdon made no mistake in drawing the ultimate nail in India’s coffin. PTI
