Hockey Champions Trophy Highlights: India Go Down to Australia to Finish Fourth
India lost 2-1 to Australia to match their Melbourne Champions Trophy performance in 2012. Catch all the highlights.
India wasted a golden opportunity to break their 32-year-old medal jinx in the Champions Trophy hockey tournament after going down to Australia in a hard-fought bronze medal play-off match of the eight-nation meet on Sunday. Catch all the highlights.
That's that! India go down 2-1 to Australia to finish fourth. Aussies win their fifth bronze medal. India won their only bronze in 1982.
52' Goal! Matt Gohdes scores to give Australia 2-1 lead. Can India bounce back from here?
45' Third quarter ends. India are pretty much back in the game. Time for the hosts to repeat history. India's best performance in the tournament is third-place finish in 1982.
44' SV Sunil and Australia's Timothy Deavin involved in an ugly spat after a rough tackle.
42' Goal! Lalit Upadhyay makes it 1-1 for India against Australia.
41' India get their first penalty corner. Chance for India to get back in the game.
39' India yet to get their first penalty corner. Australia dominate possession 55-45 per cent.
36' India down to 10 men after Gujinder Singh gets a Green Card for dangerous play.
31' Second half starts. Can India turn it around?
Quote: "It's been a difficult first half for India. We still have a chance to bounce back in this game," says interim coach Roelant Oltmans.
30' India trail 1-0 at half-time of bronze medal match. Eddie Ockenden scored in 19th minute.
24' Gurjinder and Australia's Orchard involved in a verbal duel.
19' Goal! Eddie Ockenden scores to give Australia a 1-0 lead vs India.
15' First quarters comes to an end. India 0 Australia 0.
14' Green Card for Australia's Daniel Beale, who will have to sit out for two minutes leaving the Aussies to 10 men.
12' Australia get a long corner. Both teams have played an attacking games so far.
8' India make a nice move but Akashdeep's reverse flick hits the bar.
4' Australia earn first Penalty Corner after ball hits Gurbaj's foot. Nicely defended by India.
0' India and Australia teams are on the pitch. The umpires are Peter Wright (South Africa) and Dekang Chen (China)
International Hockey Federation (FIH) has suspended two Pakistani players and reprimanded one after the players were found guilty of obscene celebration in the Champions Trophy semi-final on Saturday. The two Pakistan players will not be part of the final against Germany on Sunday. (Read full story)
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India lost a closely-contested semi-final clash against Pakistan 3-4 on Saturday night. In the other last-four tie, Germany defeated Australia 3-1.
India's best result in the Champions Trophy is third in 1982 and the team would now like to finish on the same level - in front of home fans, on Sunday.
A day earlier, India's clash against Pakistan ended on a controversial note. After beating India, Pakistan players took off their jerseys and many made obscene gestures towards the spectators. International Hockey Federation (FIH) said no action would be taken after the Pakistan's head coach Shahnaz Sheikh apologised.
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However, it has not gone down too well with Hockey India (HI) president Narinder Batra as he has threatened the FIH to discontinue hosting international events. "I am instructing my CEO to inform FIH that in case this kind of behaviour by teams is within normal and tolerable limits of FIH, then we may not be interested to host any more tournaments in India," Batra said. (Read More)
Such a step would however deny fans here of sublime hockey that the national team has showcased in the ongoing tournament.
India's biggest moment in Champions Trophy 2014 was stunning second-ranked Netherlands. It was a match of relentless moves, played at a lightening speed. Previous generations of players have been accused of lacking stamina but this team showed that the match is not over till the final hooter. The same was true in the quarterfinal as well when the side fought back to defeat fourth-ranked Belgium.