Hockey News
At BDO Men’s Champions Challenge I , Salta, Argentina

For 3rd position
India bt Argentina 3-2

Goal Scored - Vokkaliga Raghunath (IND) 35' PC, Gurbaj Singh (IND) 54', Dhananjay Mahadik (IND) 69' PC and Facundo Callioni (ARG) 22' & 27'

Final
New Zealand bt Pakistan 4-2

After semi-final loss against Pakistan I was thinking mostly Argentina will crush us considering our previous record of these matches ... But while watching this match I had pleasant surprise ... In first half Argentina looks dominating and had good ball possession ... But our defenders and goal keeper Sreejesh were good to holding them ... But Argentina take control through Callioni's 2 field goals in few minutes ... Surprisingly from 0-2 down we started spirited comeback in last minutes of first half ... We received our first penalty corner on hooter of first half and Raghunath scored on that with powerful hit on left side of goal keeper ... In second half our team started positively but couldn't penetrate Argentina defense ... Good move from Tushar Khandekar created chance for Gurbaj and he scored on that ... After that our players kept attacking on Argentinian goal and got penalty corner in dying minutes ... This time Dhananjay Mahadik scored goal to give lead to India ... Argentina also got penalty corner in 70th minute but our players defended well to score good victory and top 3 finish.

New Zealand secured place in next year's Champions Trophy with victory over Pakistan, they were 2-all after first half.