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India outplay Great Britain 3-1 in practice match

Updated on: 19 June,2015 10:29 AM IST  | 
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After beating USA in the previous match, Indian men’s team today posted a 3-1 win over Great Britain in their fourth practice match ahead of the Fintro Hockey World League Semi-Final 2015 here

India outplay Great Britain 3-1 in practice match

Antwerp (Belgium): After beating USA in the previous match, Indian men’s team today posted a 3-1 win over Great Britain in their fourth practice match ahead of the Fintro Hockey World League Semi-Final 2015 here.


The Indian team opened their account in the very first minute of the match when midfielder Gurbaj Singh stormed into the opponent’s D and hit the ball into the goal-box without giving any chance to British defenders.


With the motivating first goal, the Indian players kept on attacking and defender Devindar Walmiki extended the lead by 2-0 when his shot found the nets during a raid in the 12th minute.


After eight minutes (20th minute), forward player Akashdeep Singh scored the third goal for his team.

Trailing by 0-3, Great Britain scored the consolation goal in 28th minute and the match finished at 3-1 in favour of India. Indian defenders displayed a brilliant performance and denied any penalty corner to the opponents.

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