India faced a heartbreaking 5-4 defeat to Australia in the first match of five match test series in Adelaide. After being a goal down in the starting minutes of the game, Akashdeep Singh leveled the things for the visitors before Ephraums Nathan brought back the hosts to the lead 2-1 courtesy a brilliant field goal. Akasheep Singh didn’t held back and found the nets in the 27th minute to bring the visitors to level terms and skipper Harmanpreet Singh converted a set piece in the 31st minute to give the all important lead to India.
Craig Tom had a good game and he made sure to convert a penalty corner in the 41st minute to bring the hosts to level terms. With 4 minutes left in the game, Blake Govers did the damage courtesy his fierce penalty corner flick on the right corner which gave no chance to Indian keeper Krishan Pathak. India kept building attacks and an unmarked Akashdeep Singh converted in the 59th minute to bring the game to level terms. Australia got a penalty corner in the dying moments of the match and Blake Govers converted to give a famous victory to Australia.
India will now look to level back in the 2nd test and give their preparations a big boost ahead of the 2023 hockey world cup which starts on 13th January in Bhubaneswar-Rourkela.
Live streaming and TV broadcasters of 2nd test
India- The action will be live on Star Sports First, Star Sports Select 1 SD and Star Sports Select 1 HD. Live streaming will be available on Hotstar mobile application and official website.
Australia- The action will be live on FOX Sports, Kayo and livestreamed on LiveHockey.
In the world- The action will be live streamed on Watch Hockey application(Geo blocked in Australia and India)
Date and timing of the 2nd test
The 2nd test will be played on Sunday 27th November from 11 AM (IST) and 4 PM in Adelaide, Australia
Squads
India- Jarmanpreet Singh, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh (C), Amit Rohidas (V/C), Jugraj Singh, Mandeep Mor, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Varun Kumar, Sumit, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Shamsher Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Rajkumar Pal, Mohd. Raheel Mouseen, Akashdeep Singh, Gurjant Singh, Mandeep Singh, Abhishek, Dilpreet Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, PR Sreejesh(gk) and Krishan Pathak(gk)
Australia- Jacob Anderson, Daniel Beale, Josh Beltz, Andrew Charter(gk), James Collins, Tom Craig, Johan Durst, Matthew Dawson, Nathan Ephraums, Blake Govers, Jake Harvie, Tim Howard, Jeremy Hayward, Dylan Martin, Eddie Ockenden, Ben Rennie, Flynn Ogilvie, Jack Welch, Jake Whetton, Lachlan Sharp, KW Willott, Aren Zalewski, Tom Wickham
Tickets
Tickets will be available on the website- Ticketek.com.au
Venue
Mate Stadium, Gepps Cross in Southern Australia will play host to the match.
