India Lose Hockey Series After Shootout With Mighty Australia -- Highlights

This has been a good series for both teams. Akashdeep's stunning goal put India back in the contest but the Australians were better in the shootout. Raghunath could well have emerged the hero of the series but for the missed stroke that gave Aussies the series. Catch all the highlights here.

2022 hrs IST: Australia win the shootout 3-2 to win the series. Raghunath looked over-confident. He was smiling ahead of a crucial scenario. Clemons was the hero of the night for Australia making a great judgement.

2020 hrs IST: Dharamvir brought down and wins a stroke for India. Raghunath can't convert the stroke and goalie Triston Clemons brings off a brilliant save. Australia win 3-2.

2018 hrs IST: Ciriello makes it 3-2. Advantage Australia.

2017 hrs IST: Lakra scores to make it 2-2.

2016 hrs IST: Amir wins a stroke for India. Rupinder scores easily. India 1 Australia 2.

2016 hrs IST: Matt Gowdes makes it 2-0.

2014 hrs IST: Akashdeep misses his chance. India still trail 1-0.

2013 hrs IST: Trent Mitton is thwarted by Sreejesh. India must score to make it 1-1.

2012 hrs IST: Sardar Singh for india and he misses with a weak reverse flick. Australia lead 1-0.

2011 hrs IST: Daniel Beale with the first opportunity in the shootout. Beats Sreejesh easily. Australia lead 1-0.

2010 hrs IST: This has been a well-contested series. Both teams have scored six goals each.

2008 hrs IST: Sreejesh is back on the pitch. He can turn hero for India. He has done this in the past.

2006 hrs IST: Akashdeep's goal makes it 3-2 for India. The series is level 1-1. The shootout will decide who wins the series.

2003 hrs IST: India score in the dying seconds. Akashdeep scores a blinder after a long ball in the Dee. What a finish. It's a shootout now.

2001 hrs IST: Good counterattack by the Australians. It's slipping away from India now. Less than a minute left now.

2000 hrs IST: Akashdeep misses from a one-to-one with two minutes remaining.

2000 hrs IST: Three minutes to go and India looking for the lead again. A draw means Australia take the series.

1958 hrs IST: Australia really attacking hard. But the third goal eludes them.

1958 hrs IST: Mitton was totally unmarked and he scored after a goalmouth melee. Five minutes remaining. India are a man down for two minutes after Akashdeep is suspended.

1956 hrs IST: Australia win their fifth penalty with six minutes remaining but waste the opportunity. Score stays 2-2.

1956 hrs IST: GOAL! With six minutes remaining, Australia level 2-2. It's that man again, Trent Mitton scoring in the 54th minute.

1954 hrs IST: Ciriello can't score this time as Raghunath puts his huge body on the line of the flick. India keep their 2-1 lead.

1953 hrs IST: Ciriello messes it up but Australia win another penalty corner.

1952 hrs IST: India concede a penalty corner. A big break for Australia with 8 minutes left.

1951 hrs IST: With nine minutes to go, Australia mounting some attacks through Chris Ciriello and Mitton.

1948 hrs IST: If India win by a two-goal margin, then the hosts win the series. Both teams have scored 5 goals each so far in the series.

1946 hrs IST: India must avoid conceding soft goals in the last quarter. Defence will be key in this quarter.

1945 hrs IST: India 15 minutes away from forcing a shootout. India are world No. 6 and have done well so far in this match against the world No. 1 team.

Rupinder Pal Singh scored his 50th career goal.

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1944 hrs IST: India lead on the 41st minute goal by Rupinder Pal. The third quarter ends with India leading 2-1.

1940 hrs IST: It was Rupinder's 50th career goal. Brilliantly taken with a firm push that was straight and hit the roof of the net. India looking good again.

1939 hrs IST: GOAL! Rupinder Pal Singh scores. India take the lead again. It's 2-1 now.

1937 hrs IST: India win a penalty corner in 10th minute of third quarter.

1936 hrs IST: This was Mitton's 33rd international goal for Australia. Very crucial one in this series. If the Aussies draw this game, they win the series.

1934 hrs IST: Horrible defending by Rupinder Pal Singh. He lost the ball in the attacking third. Mitton was quick to pounce on the 'gift' and ran through the Dee and beat goalkeeper Harjot Singh easily.

1933 hrs IST: GOAL! Australia equalise through Trent Mitton's 36th minute field goal. This is Mitton's first goal of the series.

1930 hrs IST: Australia have a man down now. Five minutes gone in the third quarter. India hold on to their slender lead.

1929 hrs IST: India holding a lot of possession in the mid-field. They are using the width of the pitch better.

1926 hrs IST: India change their goalkeeper. Sreejesh really saved two goals for India in the first two quarters. Second half starts.

1917 hrs IST: The second quarter comes to an end. India lead on Raghunath's 17th minute goal. Indians have looked the better side in this quarter. If the match ends 1-0 in India's favour, there will be a shootout to decide the winner.

1913 hrs IST: Devinder Sunil Walmiki has bloody lips after being shoulder pushed by an Aussie defender. Two minutes left for the second quarter. India lead 1-0.

1908 hrs IST: Australia making long-range efforts and hoping for a lucky deflection. The ploy is not working.

1907 hrs IST: India still lead Australia 1-0 with 7 minutes remaining on the second quarter.

VR Raghunath has been India's best man in the series.

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1906 hrs IST: Raghunath has been India's best man in the series. The veteran drag flick specialist has scored 12 goals from penalty corners in 31 matches this year.

1903 hrs IST: Since January 2014, India have scored 46 goals from penalty corners in 57 matches.

1901 hrs IST: Raghunath's 17th minute goal was a lucky one, It took a deflection and beat the Australian goalie. To Raghunath's credit, it was a solid drag flick and on target.

1901 hrs IST: GOAL! VR Raghunath gives India the lead. It is his third goal in the series.

1859 hrs IST: India start on a breezy fashion in second quarter. But the hosts need better finish. Akashdeep wins India's first penalty corner in the second minute.

1856 hrs IST: Great save by PR Sreejesh and fine clearance by Manpreet on the goalline. The first quarter ends 0-0.

1854 hrs IST: Australia win their second penalty corner with 90 seconds left for the quarter.

1852 hrs IST: In the 11th minute of first quarter, Sunil wastes a dazzling cross from Akashdeep Singh from the right flank. India's best chance so far.

1851 hrs IST: Australia have had five circle penetrations as against India's two so far.

1850 hrs IST: SV Sunil makes the first real move for India in the 10th minute from right flank. But Indians miss this half-chance. It's 0-0 still.

1844 hrs IST: Australia really turning on the heat on the Indians in the first few minutes. It's 0-0 after 4 minutes.

1841 hrs IST: Australia force a penalty corner in the first minute of the match. Chris Ciriello shoots it wide.

1840 hrs IST: India and Australia have played 43 times. India have won 10 times while the Aussies have 28 victories.

1833 hrs IST: Chattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh meets and greets the players. The Indians are wearing whites today. The Aussies are ion their traditional yellow sleeveless Tees and green shorts.

India's ability to defend and convert penalty corners will be under test. (Image credit: Hockey India)

India have gone from good to worse in this short series against Australia and face a must-win game in hockey's latest international venue, the Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel International Stadium in the heart of Chattisgarh.

Ahead of the FIH World League final starting later this week, India have a few things to worry about and their propensity to concede soft goals in the closing stages of a tight match is one of them.

World No. 1 Australia, not in full strength, have been able to keep their nose ahead in this series. The Kookaburras scripted a come-from-behind draw in the first match on November 19. On Sunday, they won 2-1, after India conceded late goals under pressure.

India's inability to force a single penalty corner on Sunday raised a few eyebrows. In the first match, India forced no less than five penalty corners and veteran VR Raghunath scored twice from them.

The hosts must also learn to keep their tempers in check. Manpreet Singh and Raghunath were yellow carded in the final quarter on Sunday. Effectively India played the last 10 minutes of the match with 10 men on the pitch.