India's Mandeep Singh (left) is tackled by the Netherlands' Tristan Algera during their Hockey World League match yesterday. Pic/AP,PTI

The Dutch dominated the Indians, as they may have been expected to, before their last league clash against India in the Hero Hockey World League yesterday. They won the match handily 3-1, with all three goals in the first half. In some senses, it was some sort of a sparring match, where the Dutch pulled in a few more and fairly strong punches, but it was nothing that would break the morale of the Indian team.