India lose to Britain 2-4 in FIH Pro League Hockey

LONDON: A lacklustre India suffered their 2nd succeeding defeat in the European leg of the FIH Men’s Hockey Pro League, decreasing to dominant hosts Great Britain 2-4 here on Saturday. Timothy Nurse struck a basket for Great Britain in the 6th minute while Harmanpreet equalised for India from a charge corner in the 13th minute. Sorsby Thomas scored Britain’s 2nd in the 31st minute, assisting them restore the lead prior to Lee Morton created an outstanding objective on the 33rd minute after capturing the Indians snoozing. Harmanpreet lowered the deficit for India with his 2nd objective of the day– this one too from a charge corner– in the 42nd minute, the strike assisting him end up being the all-time top-scorer in the Pro League with 35 objectives. Bandurak Nicholas gained back England’s two-goal lead with his 53rd minute strike at the Lee Valley Hockey Centre, and India might not argue from there. India had actually lost to Olympic champs Belgium 1-2 on Friday. Nurse opened the represent England with his first objective at the senior level. He dribbled his method past Lalit Kumar Upadhyay and Mandeep Mor down the delegated get in the Indian ‘D’ prior to shooting the ball previous keeper Krishan Bahadur Pathak, who began at objective ahead of the experienced PR Sreejesh. Britain scoring a fast very first objective was not unexpected as the house group began on an aggressive note and appeared to be on the lookout for producing chances, even as Hardik Singh e
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