Muscat, January 28

India lost 2-7 to Netherlands in the final to finish runners-up at the women’s Hockey5s World Cup here.

Jyoti Chhatri (20th minute) and Rutuja Dadaso Pisal (23rd) scored for India in the summit clash on Saturday. Janneke van de Venne (2nd, 14th), Bente van der Veldt (4th, 8th) and Lana Kalse (11th, 27th) struck a brace each for the Netherlands, while Sosha Benninga (13th) was the other goal-getter.

Meanwhile, India opened their campaign with a brilliant 9-1 victory against Switzerland but lost 6-8 to Egypt in their Pool B matches at the men’s Hockey5s World Cup.

Maninder Singh scored four goals and Mohammed Raheel got three against Switzerland, while Pawan Rajbhar got a hat-trick against Egypt. — PTI

Men end tour with 1-5 loss to Netherlands

Cape Town: The Indian men’s hockey team ended its tour of South Africa with a 1-5 drubbing at the hands of Netherlands. Abhishek (39th minute) scored the lone goal for India while Jip Janssen (10th, 28th), Duco Telgenkamp (16th), Tjep Hoedemakers (21st) and Koen Bijen (35th) scored for the Dutch side.

Powered by WPeMatico