India Men’s Hockey Team Suffers 1–3 Defeat to Australia in Fourth Test Match, Hosts Attain 4–0 Series Lead With Comeback Victory
With this result, Australia have taken a 4-0 lead in the five-game series. India had put up a decent show in third match, which they lost 2-1. This was after heavy defeats in the first two matches.
India suffered yet another defeat to Australia, losing the fourth hockey match of the Test series by a 3-1 margin. Harmanpreet Singh gave India an early lead in this contest in the first quarter, but Australia bounced right back when Jeremy Hayward hit the leveller in the second quarter. Both teams could not make any changes to the scoreline in the third quarter. It was Hayward who scored again in the fourth and final quarter and it was followed by Jack Welch adding another goal to help Australia win the match 3-1. Australia's goalkeeper Johan Durst was decent in front of the goal and did well to see his team emerge victorious by this scoreline.
India vs Australia 4th Match Hockey Result
We may have lost the Fourth one but we’ve still got one more chance!
Sometimes that’s all you need 💪🏻
Let’s go all in for that one 🏑
Australia 🇦🇺 3 - India 🇮🇳 1
Goal Scorers:
19' 47' Jeremy Hayward (PC)
54' Jack Welch (PC)
14' Harmapreet Singh (PC)#HockeyIndia #IndiaKaGame… pic.twitter.com/70RcZuMo7G— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) April 12, 2024
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