The Indian women’s senior hockey team produced a spirited performance, but went down 2-3 to hosts Australia in the penultimate match of the bilateral series at Perth Hockey Stadium on Saturday.

Navneet Kaur (35th minute) and Lalremsiami (59th min) were the scorers for India, while Australia struck through Grace Stewart (2nd min), Jade Smith (36th min), and Greta Hayes (42nd min).