Indian eves lose 1-2 to Britain in hockey

The Indian women’s hockey team suffered its second successive loss, going down 1-2 to Great Britain in the ongoing five-match series. The Indians thus trail the hosts 0-2 in the series.

The visitors looked the dominant side through the 1^st quarter. But the hosts began to exert pressure as the quarter went on and opened the scoring in the 15^th minute.

Legh scored the first goal for Great Britain. In the opening minutes of the second quarter Britain won a penalty corner and converted it via Cullen to go 2-0 up. They kept the lead intact leading into half time.

As the third quarter of the match started, India won a penalty corner In the 32^nd minute but were denied by the British defense. The Indian eves still managed to net a goal and ended the quarter trailing by a single goal. Grace scored the goal for India. There were no further goals added in the fourth quarter.

Speaking after the game, India chief coach Neil Hawgood said, “It was a much improved performance by us. The team played as a unit and worked on the errors from their second match. It’s an improvement. “

India play their third match of the series against Great Britain tomorrow.