Indian men’s Hockey team ended their Australian tour with a 5-2 loss to the hosts in their fifth and final match held at the Perth Hockey Stadium on Friday.Australia’s Trent Mitton, Flynn Ogilvie, Blake Govers and Tim Brand scored in their victory while Nilakanta Sharma and Rupinderpal Singh registered their names on the scoresheet for India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India needed to score heavily \nin the last quarter, if they were to make a comeback into the match. The\n visitors tried to create chances but the Australian defence made sure \nthat, they did not give them space in the circle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The defensive \nlapses, the lack of cohesion between the midfielders and men up front \nwill be a cause for concern when the Indians touch down in Bhubaneswar \nin an attempt to make the final of the FIH Series Finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 8th\n minute saw Mandeep Singh win a penalty corner for India, but the \nresulting execution was wasted as Nilakanta Sharma could not trap the \nball properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This meant Australia broke on the counter but only\n for Rupinderpal Singh to return back and clear the ball away. Australia\n won their first penalty corner in the 10th minute, but the shot was \nblocked by India, and cleared away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the next minute saw \nIndia play out a loose ball from the back which was lost by Gurinder \nSingh, and it was Australia\u2019s Mitton who took advantage as he found \nhimself in space on the left flank and fired the ball past Pathak to \nmake it 2-0.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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