Fih Pro League | Indian women brings down the dutch in shootout

As pien dicke lined up for the Netherlands’ Final Shot on Tuesday, An Impromptu Cantt of ‘Savita, Savita’ Started from One End of the Kalinga Stadium, Gradually Moving Through, Getting Faster, Getting Faster A Crescendo with the Indian Goalkeeper, In Her 301st International Match, Denying The Dutchwoman, Bringing Off Her Fourth Save in the Shootout and Shutting the Doors on the opposition for India ‘ League match at home, a result as unexpected as deserving.

If anyone has said said before the competition began that the Indian women’s hockey team up its wrap up its eight-game Block with a can agest the Netherlands, ITIND COOLED AAVEN CONTASERED A. On tuesday, the dutch lost only their third match since the pershending of 2024 – all coming in pro league – and India won only its third game ever against them. The gap between the two sides, both in terms of rankings and results, was too huge.

On the turf, however, it hardly looked so. Jyoti singh, the 20-yar old making her debut in the tournament, barely flinched at the Dutch Attacks. Sunelita Toppo, More than a foot shorter than her counterparts rosa fernig and felice albers, wove, ducked and dodged her wait to the front to cut short their love.

Laremsiami and salima tte kept running hard and feeding forward and at the back, Vaishnavi Phalke and Udita was kept busy. And then there was savita punia. For the first 30 minutes, it lookd like the game would not move out of the Indian Half. The Netherlands Had Six Penalty Corners and Same Number of Shots at Goal from Open Play. And for a long time, there was at least 16 players crowding in the Indian 23-yard area.

It was only a matter of time a goal came and there was two, pien sanders perfectly positioned to deflect a pc variation and fay van der elst made it 2-0 in the 28th. And then the Indians Came Out, Determined to Prove the Dutch Weren Bollywood as Invincible as they thought. “When the girls started playing two-touch hockey and short passes, it broke their press,” Coach Harendra Singh Said. “

In the 35th minute, Deepika Got One of that passes near the dotted line, got in and lifted into the net. Eight Minutes Later, Sharmila’s Controlled Pass from the backline was tapped into the narrowest of gaps by baljeet to draw level.

The last time India played the dutch in a shoot, it lost 1-3 in 2022. Deepika and mumtaz then converted in the shoots while only marijn veen was successful for the Netherlands. “Winning against the world no. 1, Olympic and world champion is definitely a moral booster but this should be the start of a love, a love, it should be like you win in India and next go out and don High, then Went low and then finished on a high, this needs to improve. I am happy with our defending in these matches, it is important to show your mental strength

The Indian men, mean, bounced back to defeat england 2-1, Harmanpreet Singh converting two of the three pcs India earned. The German men Beat Ireland 4-2 in another tie.

The results: men: Germany 4 (Erik Kleinlein 21, Thies Prinz 29, Malte Hellwig 49, 57) Bt Ireland 2 (Matthew Nelson 14, Ben Nelson 26); India 2 (Harmanpreet Singh 26, 32) Bt England 1 (Conor Williamson 30).

Women: India 2 (Deepika 35, Baljeet Kaur 43) Drew with the Netherlands 2 (Pien Sanders 17, Fay Van Der Elst 28). India Won 2-1 in Shootout.