After losing to Australia, the Indian women’s team also lost to the ‘A’ team.

Indian women’s hockey team beat Australia A 2-2 despite a fighting performance. Lost by 3. Salima Tete (40th minute) and Sangeeta Kumar (54th minute) scored for India while Alice Arnott (18th) and Ruby Harris (20th and 35th) scored for Australia. The hosts were awarded two penalty corners in the first quarter but India’s defense held tight and could not score any goals. In the second quarter, India continued to dominate the ball but Australia A took the lead through Arnott’s goal. Harris doubled the lead two minutes later with a goal.

Trailing by two goals, the Indians played aggressively and launched good attacks but could not score. Australia A had a two-goal lead at half-time. In the third quarter, Harris scored the third goal in the 35th minute. Minutes later, Tete scored India’s first goal. In the fourth quarter, India got two penalty corners but could not score. Sangeeta Kumari raised hopes of a comeback by scoring a goal in the last minutes but the Indian team could not find the third goal. Earlier, the Indian team was defeated by Australia in the three-match series by 2. 0 while the third match was 1. There was a draw from 1.

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