Australia’s gamers have a good time after scoring in opposition to India in the Hockey FIH PRO League girls on the Kalinga stadium in Bhubaneswar, on Wednesday, February 7, 2024.
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The Indian girls’s hockey crew continued its downward spiral, shedding its third consecutive match in the FIH Pro League 3-0 in opposition to Australia on the Kalinga Stadium on Wednesday.
An aggressive begin and a wasted early penalty nook was the lone vibrant spot for the crew that has been struggling to get something going for it. Nothing appears to be working for the crew, with each participant in each division showing extra determined than decisive on the sector.
Australia has been lower than spectacular right here, however on Wednesday, it was clearly the superior aspect. Its first purpose uncovered each the Indians’ lack of tactical consciousness and their health.
Kaitlin Nobbs ran away with the ball on the counter and had entered the circle, composed herself and the ball and was prepared to shoot earlier than the Indians might back-pedal into defence. Grace Stewart, once more left unmarked, solely had to deflect it in.
Nobbs received one in every of her personal later, once more on their own in a one-on-one state of affairs with the goalkeeper and an absent defence. In between, India earned a couple of PCs, however Gurjit Kaur’s flicks had no energy to trigger any bother even as Australia made its lone one depend. The Indian forwards additionally struggled to get pictures on course as the host regarded like a crew enjoying out of its league.
Earlier in the day, China returned to profitable methods with a 3-1 victory in opposition to the USA to stay second on the factors desk, simply discovering methods previous the American defence to create scoring probabilities early on.
The second half noticed USA step on the assault and earn a sequence of PCs however had been thwarted by each the Chinese defence and the publish earlier than lastly getting one previous.
The outcomes: China (Wen Dan 2, Meirong Zou) bt USA 1 (Jacqueline Sumfest); Australia 3 (Grace Stewart, Tatum Stewart, Kaitlin Nobbs) bt India 0.
