Indian women lose to USA

Hastings (New Zealand), The Indian women’s hockey team let slip an early advantage to go down 2-4 against USA in its second match of the Hawke’s Bay Cup at the Hastings Sports Park here today. From the very first minute, both the teams played a calculated game and struggled hard to keep the possession of the ball. Both the teams did not allow each other to take advantage of any scoring prospects.
It was India who took the lead through Anuradha Thokchom in the sixth minute of the match. India managed to keep the lead until the end of the first quarter but the USA drew parity four minutes into the second quarter. In the dying minutes of the third quarter, USA’s Kathleen Sharkey finally broke into the ‘D’ twice and scored back-to-back goals in the 42nd and the 43rd minute for her team, taking the lead to 3-1. Anuradha scored the second goal for India in the 44th minute through a penalty corner conversion.
In the last quarter of the game, USA scored in the 47th minute to complete the tally.

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