India vs Australia Women's Hockey Semifinal Highlights: India suffered a heartwrenching loss to Australia in the semi-final of women's hockey on Friday. Australia scored the opener in the first quarter but India fought well to not concede any goal later. In the fourth quarter, India bounced back to level the scores and take the match to penalty shootout. However, in the latter part of the game they were Australia who thoroughly dominated with a 3-0 advantage and sealed the game as soon as India failed to convert any of their first three chances into a goal. The Savita Punia-led side had earlier finished at the second spot in Pool A with nine points from four games to advance to the semi-final, while the Australian team had finished as the topper of Pool B. They remain unbeaten in the tournament with their thrilling win over India in semi-finals. Australia will now face England in the final of the event.
Here are the Highlights of the India vs Australia Women's Hockey Semifinal, Straight from Birmingham:
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02:26 (IST)
IND vs AUS, Penalty Shootout: Australia win!!!
India miss their third chance and this means Australia have sealed a final match spot.
Lalremsiami got the ball inside the striking circle but she failed to pass it to perfection and lost the ball possession eventually. This match is going down to the wire with just 5 minutes left on the clock.
The comeback goal seems to have provided the much-needed impetus to the Indian players and they are now firing on all cylinders. The match hangs in balance but India are looking really good now.
Navneet Kaur played a powerful shot from the right flank but Lalremsiami was late to react on the pass on the left flank near the post and that saw the opportunity go begging.
Mariah Williams fed Ambrosia Malone with a superb pass from the left flank. Malone just needed to get her stick on it to double Australia's lead but she failed and India took a sigh of relief.
The Indian players have been losing their ball possession in a careless manner. On the other hand, the Australians have been right on the money with their passes and tackles.
No doubt India got plenty of chances in the match but they failed to find even one goal. They could have used their chances in a better way and the scoreline would have been in their favour in that case... Nonetheless, half of the game is yet to be played.
That's the half-time in the match. No goals came in the second half and India came out as better unit in the time frame. However, the one-goal advantage still keeps Australia in the driver's seat.
Navneet Kaur has created another opportunity for India as she has earned a PC for the side. Meanwhile, the Australians have challenged the decision... Here is the result, the PC stays but Australia don't lose referral due to lack of proper visuals.
Neha earns a PC for India! Another chance for India... No! The drag flick has been saved by Australia, courtesy a brilliant work from their goalkeeper.
Rebecca Greiner breaks the deadlock and Australians are 1-0 ahead now. It was a superb pass from the left flank and Greiner got her stick on the line of the ball at the right time to score the opener for Australia.
Navneet Kaur has missed a big opportunity on the left flank. All she needed was to put her stick on the volley but she missed and the scoreline remains the same.
The ball deflected from the stick of an Australian player and hit her teammate Karri Somerville. As a consequence, Somerville walks out of the turf and the play resumes after a short delay.
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