Hawkey's Bay Cup: Indian eves suffer 2nd straight defeat against Ireland

The Indian women’s hockey team slumped to their second consecutive defeat in the Hawke’s Bay Cup after suffering a crushing 0-4 defeat against Ireland, today.

After a barren first quarter, th Indian defence let in two goals in the next 15 minutes when Anna O’Flanagan (25^th minute) and Nicola Daly (29^th) scored twice for Ireland in a span of five minutes.

After the change of ends, Chloe Watkins (37^th) made the scoreline 3-0 in Ireland’s favour before Megan Frazer (44^th) found the net again for the Irish girls seven minutes later.

Indian eves had earlier lost 0-1 to hosts New Zealand in the tournament opener.

India will next play China in their next Pool B match on April 5.