India lose 2-3 to the Netherlands, retain top spot on the points table

The Indian mens hockey team put up a very spirited performance against World No1 the Netherlands but lost 23 here in the ongoing FIH Hockey Pro League 202223 on SaturdayGoals for The Netherlands came from Duco Telgenkamp 7 Boris Burkhardt 41 and Tjep Hoedemakers 43 while Sanjay 18 and Gurjant Singh 46 scored for the IndiansThe Indian mens hockey team started off the contest with more the possession looking to attack the Dutch in the early stages The Netherlands had to dig deep to keep India from scoring even though Amit Rohidas almost converted a Penalty CornerSoon after the Dutch started to get their act going and it was Duco Telgenkamp 7 who broke the deadlock when he poked it past PR Sreejesh at the far post The Netherlands continued to attack after that but PR Sreejesh made a couple of brilliant saves in the final minutes of the first quarter as the Indian Mens Hockey Team went into the first break trailing 01The Indian mens hockey team responded with an equaliser early in the second quarter when Sanjay 18 found the back of the net from close range Moments later both Abhishek and Mandeep Singh had a crack at goal but the Dutch held on Both sides continued to look for the next goal and that produced some freeflowing hockey in the second half of the quarter however neither could break the deadlock and the teams went into the break with the scores locked at 11In the third quarter the Indian mens hockey team kept up the intensity and looked for a goal in the early stages but the Dutch managed to keep them out The Dutch weathered the storm well and started to push India back a bitWith four minutes to go in the quarter the Dutch stitched together a quick move from the right which saw Boris Burkhardt 41 scoring past PR Sreejesh to make it 21 A couple of minutes later the Dutch won a series of Penalty Corners converting the third one as Tjep Hoedemakers 43 made his way onto the scoresheet At the break Netherlands led India 31The Indian mens hockey team started the final quarter with a bang as Lalit played in Gurjant Singh 46 who smashed it home to make it 32 before the first minute had ended The Indian Mens Hockey Team were eyeing an equaliser and had the numerical advantage for a while Mandeep and Co gave it their all in the next phase of play but the Dutch held on The Indian mens hockey team threw the kitchen sink at the Dutch in the final five minutes but could not find the equaliser The Dutch hung on and walked away winners with the scoreline at 32 against the Indian Mens Hockey TeamUp next for the Indian Mens Hockey Team will be the game against Argentina on SundayAlso Read Were fully geared up for next FIH Pro League games Indian mens hockey team captain Harmanpreet SinghThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever