Indian women’s hockey team hold Malaysia to a 4-4 draw

Navneet Kaur struck twice as the Indian women’s hockey team overcame a 2-4 setback in the third quarter to level the scores 4-4 in their third match against Malaysia in the five-match series here Monday.

Though it was India who established a strong position aftertaking an early 2-0 lead, the team made too many errors inside the circle whiledefending which led to conceding back-to-back PCs.

   

Malaysia, on the other hand, ensured these opportunitieswere converted to goals.

After Navjot Kaur scored a goal in the 13th minute andNavneet found the back of the net in the 22nd minute to give India a goodstart, Gurdip Kirandeep of Malaysia scored the team’s first goal in the 26thminute to narrow the Malaysian deficit to 1-2.

This was Malaysia’s first goal of the tournament afterlosing to India 0-3 and 0-5 in the previous two matches.

This goal propelled Malaysia to test the Indian defenders.An infringement on India’s part gave away a PC which Nuraini Rashid scored withease.

Two more PCs were converted by Nuramirah Zulkifli in the35th minute and Nuraini Rashid scored again in the 38th minute to take a 4-2lead in the third quarter.

India, however, bounced back in the final quarter with twobrilliant goals scored by Navneet in the 45th minute and Lalremsiami in the54th minute as the visitors settled for a draw.

“Obviously this wasn’t our best match, we must forgetthis and move on,” Chief India coach Sjoerd Marijne said.

He further emphasized that the team cannot get away withmaking too many technical errors.

“The girls were too easy going today which resulted in them making too many technical errors in ball possession but we hope to bounce back in the next match,” he added.

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