Sunday, December 02, 2012

Hockey News
At 34th Men's Champions Trophy 2012, Melbourne, Australia

Pool A
India bt New Zeland 4-2 (3-1)
Goal Scorers - Akashdeep Singh (IND) 10', Gurwinder Singh Chani (IND) 14', Raghunath VR (IND) 25' PC, Danish Mujtaba (IND) 65'and Own Goal (IND) 2', Nicholas Wilson (NZL) 37'

England bt Germany 4-1 (0-0)

Indians showed their last win over England wasn't fluke scoring another good win over higher ranked WR #6 All Black sticks ... With this win Indians r leading Pool A winning both matches ... Our crucial last match is against Germany on Tuesday for better quarterfinal placement..

Indians were down early with own goal but we fought back scoring 2 excellent field goals in 4 minutes to take lead ... We increased lead when Raghunath converted penalty corner on deflection ... In the second half within 2 minuted New Zeland scored through penalty corner to reduced the lead ... Despite controlling this half Indians failed to increase lead until Dinesh deflected inside the circle for our 4th goal.

Young British side upset mighty Germans in the second match after losing the first match against Indians ... With this upset result this pool is wide open.

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