India beat Australia 5-4 in the FIH Pro League (Twitter)
Harmanpreet Singh netted a hat-trick whereas Jugraj Singh and Selvam Karthi scored a objective every as India edged out Australia in a nine-goal thriller
Captain Harmanpreet Singh received his mojo again as he scored a hat-trick, all from penalty corners, to steer India to a uncommon 5-4 win over Australia in a nine-goal thriller in the FIH Pro-League hockey on Sunday.
Harmanpreet discovered the goal in the thirteenth, 14th and fifty fifth minutes after Australia had taken an early lead in the second minute by way of a area objective from Joshua Beltz, as the house aspect had been 2-1 forward on the finish of the primary quarter.
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The Indian domination continued with Jugraj Singh changing a penalty stroke in the seventeenth minute earlier than Selvam Karthi scored a area objective in the twenty fifth minute to offer his aspect a 4-1 lead at halftime.
India didn’t rating any objective in the third quarter however Australia did by way of Ky Willott in the forty second minute on the Birsa Munda Stadium. The guests scored two objectives in the fourth interval, each from penalty corners, by way of Ben Staines and Aran Zalewski in the 52nd and 56 minutes respectively.
The action-packed fourth quarter produced three objectives, together with that of Harmanpreet from a PC in the fifty fifth minute, which was his hat-trick objective.
Both sides earned 10 PCs every from which India transformed three whereas Australia scored twice.
Australia had come right here with a number of gamers who weren’t a part of their squad that featured in the World Cup right here and in Bhubaneswar in January. Eight out of the 20 gamers in the present squad have made 10 worldwide appearances or much less.
Australia had completed fourth in the World Cup.
India had been additionally with out eight gamers from the World Cup squad, together with senior gamers Akashdeep Singh, Mandeep Singh and Nilakanta Sharma, after their pre-quarterfinal exit from the showpiece.
India face Germany in their second-leg match on Monday earlier than taking up Australia once more on Wednesday.
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