Monday, August 3, 2009

[hockey] India Loses Series to Britain


India lost their 3-match test series against Britain losing the third and decisive match 2-3 on sunday. India were leading 2-0 at one stage of the game but let in 2 goals at the end of the match to lose the match. Vikram Pillay scored the first goal for India at the 3rd minute and SV Sunil increased the lead at the 18th minute. But after that the visitors lost control of the game and ended first half with a 2-1 lead Ashley Jackson scoring at the 30th minute. Jackson scored again to draw level at the 50th minute and at 64th minute Ian Mackay scored the winner for them. India lost the firat match 1-3 but came back to win the second one 4-3.

Next India move on to Belgium for another 3 match series before facing tougher opponents like Spain and Netherlands.

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