Azlan Shah Cup: India defeat Great Britain to win bronze

Ipoh (Malaysia): India came back from behind to defeat Great Britain 3-1 and win the bronze medal in the Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament. India who is the five time champion dominated the match and created a lot of goal scoring opportunities throughout the match, but their finishing let them down.

India controlled the game in the initial minutes and strived hard to score the opening goal of the match, but it was Great Britain who got the initial lead when Ashley Jackson sounded the plank in the dying minutes of the first half.

India came back strongly after the change of ends and got the equalizer from Shivendra Singh in the 42nd minute. In the 52nd minute, India’s Olympic qualifiers hero, Sandeep Singh put India in front for the first time in the match. Tushar Khandekar took the score to 3-1 in the dying minutes of the match to ensure that India do not leave the tournament empty-handed.

India created a lot of opportunities in both half’s and should have won with a better margin.




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