World No. 5 India have only themselves to blame after suffering a shock 4-5 defeat to No. 12 New Zealand via shootout in their World Cup Crossover clash at the Kalinga Stadium, leading to a pre-mature exit from the quadrennial event. The Harmanpreet Singh-led side got as many as 11 penalty corners, but could only convert two. Comparatively, the Kiwis made it count with a 100 per cent conversion rate, converting both the penalty corners they received. 

Before this match, Team India had converted just three of their 16 penalty corners earned in the tournament. Chief coach Graham Reid had said on the eve of the tournament that the plan was to take the pressure off chief drag flicker Harmanpreet by employing variations, but they did none of that in the league phase. They did try a couple of variations in this match though—Lalit Upadhyay and Jarmanpreet Singh being the executors—but failed to convert those too.