Manpreet Singh will lead the team as a captain and Birendra Lakra as a vice-captain. As it is the very first FIH tournament for Coach Graham Reid as chief, so he seems quite excited and looking forward to this series as a quite important step in the Olympic qualification process.

He added that our goal is to give the consistent performance in every match of the series that we play along with respecting all the opposing teams, turning out to be the best team. Also, the previous international matches with the great teams have given us many things to learn, and we’ll surely implement those in these matches.

Following are the details of the team:

Goalkeepers – PR Sreejesh and Krishan B Pathak

Defenders – Harmanpreet Singh, Birendra Lakra (Vice Captain), Surender Kumar, Varun Kumar, Amit Rohidas, Gurinder Singh

Midfielders – Manpreet Singh (Captain), Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Sumit, Nilakanta Sharma

Forwards – Mandeep Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Gursahibjit Singh, Simranjit Singh

All the very best team, India. We are looking forward to a fantabulous performance in the series.

Keep watching this space for the updates of the match.

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Below are the highlights of the match:

Quarter 1 – In the first quarter, the Australia team without wasting time made a circle entry and gave a great shot but saved by Indian goalkeeper Krishan Pathak. In the next minutes, another great shot by Australia team and finally a goal in the 3rd minute with a score IND 0-1 AUS. Another great shot by team India at the goal but missed. Team Australia played aggressive and giving back to back shots but team India showed defensive skills to avoid further loss. PC was awarded to India but missed to score a goal. Next PC to Australia, but India kept on saving all the shots at the goal. Australia got possession and scored another goal. In the next minutes another great shot by Niakanta Sharma and finally a first goal of the match in the 12th minute making the score IND 1-2 AUS at the end of the first quarter.

Quarter 2 – In the second quarter, Australia team started with a great shot but no further loss. India got the free hit but missed the shot. Mandeep Singh showed great skills but the shot goes the wrong way. India team got possession in the next minutes by no goal recorded. India got a free hit again but missed. Another great shot by Trent Mitton of team Australia followed by a PC and another goal by Blake Govers making the score IND 1-4 AUS at the end of the first half.

Quarter 3 – In the third quarter, team India ruled the ball in initial minutes, but missed the shot at the goal. Multiple free hits to team India and multiple entries to circle, but all saved. Tim Brand of team Australia scored a goal in the 43rd minute making the score IND 1-5 AUS at the end of the third quarter.

Quarter 4 – Team India seemed aggressive to score goals in the last quarter and left no stone unturned to give great shots. A PC was awarded to India and finally the second goal by Rupinder Pal in the last minutes of the match thereby making the score IND 2-5 AUS. Team India played well but lost the second match of the series.

And finally, the Australian tour ended with 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats for Team India.

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Below are the details of 18 members selected for the India Colts team:

Goalkeepers – Prashant Kumar Chauhan, Pawan

Defenders – Mandeep Mor (Captain), Pratap Lakra, Sanjay, Akashdeep Singh Junior, Suman Beck (Vice-Captain), Parampreet Singh

Midfielders – Yashdeep Siwach, Vishnu Kant Singh, Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem, Maninder Singh, Vishal Antil

Forwards – Amandeep Singh, Rahul Kumar Rajbhar, Shivam Anand, Sudeep Chirmako, Prabhjot Singh

Upon the team selection David John, Director, High Performance said that the some of the players in the team have good international exposure and this tournament will prove to be great to boost the confidence and improve the game skills and prepare the team for Junior World Cup going to be held in 2021.

Keep watching this space for further updates to the match.

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Below are the highlights of the match:

Quarter 1 – The first quarter started with full enthusiasm, with both the teams striving to give a shot at the goal. In the early minutes, team India got the ball possession but missed scoring a goal. Team Australia ‘A’ took the next opportunity and made their first circle entry. In the following minutes PC was awarded to India, but great shots at the goal were missed. Team Australia tried hard to score the first goal but saved by Krishan B Pathak. The next PC was awarded to Australia ‘A’ but all the great shots were saved. India got another circle entry but missed a goal. Both the teams were aggressive to record a goal first, but unfortunately, at the end of the first quarter, the score remained IND 0-0 AUS.

Quarter 2 – India Team seemed too focused on the goal and made another circle entry, but the opposing team showed great defensive skills and saved. Team Australia gave an excellent shot in the next minutes and finally scored a goal in the 21st minute. India team gave another great shot to equalize the score, before the first half end but unfortunately unable to. So the score at the end of the first half was IND 0-1 AUS.

Quarter 3 – In the early minutes of the 3rd quarter, India got the PC and there was a great shot by Akashdeep Singh, but again saved. Australia team give the next shot but saved by Surender Kumar. PC was awarded to India, but despite great efforts of Rupinder and Manpreet, no goal was recorded. The team got the possession as well, but Australian goalkeepers saved every shot and the score at the end of the third quarter remained the same IND 0-1 AUS with Australia having the lead.

Quarter 4 – Again the team India got the possession and a circle entry was made by Sumit Kumar but then a counterattack by opposing team and got the possession and a circle entry was made but unable to score a goal. In the next minutes, India’s another circle entry by Akashdeep Singh and then a PC took by Harmanpreet Singh and a great shot but again saved. In the last minutes, again PC was awarded to India and took by Harmanpreet Singh and finally a goal at the 56th minute. So, finally the score equalized, and there was a draw between the teams.

Well done teams!

The next match of the series is scheduled to be held on 15th May at 14:30 hrs IST.

Keep watching this space for further updates of the match.

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Let’s have a look at the quick highlights of the match:

Quarter 1 – In the first quarter, both the teams were finding out the ways to score a goal first. A first fantastic shot at the goal was by team India but missed. Moving on with full enthusiasm, the Akashdeep Singh takes another shot the goal but unfortunately saved by the WA goalkeeper. So, the first quarter ends with a score of IND 0-0 WA.

Quarter 2 – In the second quarter, again the teams were concentrating on goal scoring opportunities. Harmanpreet Singh makes an early attack towards the goal but missed. And then finally in the 23^rd minute, Birendra Lakra gave a fantastic shot and yes, there’s a goal. Team WA also gave great shots at the goal but the Indian team saved and gave another shot to strengthen their lead. Even PC was awarded to team India. But, at the end of the first half, India was leading the match with a lead and a score of IND 1-0 WA.

Quarter 3 – Team WA were too committed to scoring a goal and gave a great shot in the early minutes of the third quarter, but missed. In the next minutes, India got possession but Gursahibjit Singh charges into the opponent circle and lost the possession. Both the teams tried hard to score a goal but at the end of the third quarter, the score remained the same at IND 1-0 WA.

Quarter 4 – In the final quarter, the team WA gave a great shot in the early minutes at the goal, but the team India saved it and focused on playing defensive along with strengthing their lead. In the 50^th minute, Harmanpreet Singh gave a fantastic shot and scored a goal by making the score IND 2-0 WA. Team WA got two back to back PCs but failed to score a goal.

Well played team India. All the very best for the upcoming matches as well. The next match will be on 10th May at 7:30 IST between Australia ‘A’ and India.

Keep watching this space for further updates to the next matches.

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