India-South Africa finish 3-3 in World Cup tie

India and South Africa finished 3-3 in the last Pool B match of the Hockey World Cup here Monday.

Lloyd Norris-Jones put the visitors ahead, before the Indians raised the tempo to strike through Sarvanjit Singh and Diwakar Ram to put India 2-1 at the half time at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here.

But South Africa bounced back with strikes from Justin Reid-Ross and Austin Smith through penalty corners and went 3-2 up.

Shivendra Singh scored the equaliser in the dying moments to darw the match 3-3.

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