Women’s Pro League Hockey: India’s strong start, defeated England in the first match, Navneet won in retaliation

New Delhi. The confident Indian women’s hockey team started their campaign in the FIH Pro League with a win against England with high ranked England. Host India defeated England 3–2 in the match played on Saturday at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. On two goal penalty corners of India, Vaishnavi Phalke scored the sixth and Deepika in the 25th minute while Navneet Kaur scored a winning goal with the last whistle.

For England, Darcy Burne scored an equal goal in the 12th minute, while Fion Crackles scored a goal in the 58th minute. Vaishnavi Phalke scored the first goal for India in the ninth position in the FIH rankings. Manisha Chauhan’s penalty collided with the shot defender’s stick on the corner and the ball came out again, which Vaishnavi put inside the goal. India kept pressure on the seventh ranked England team at speed and short pass.

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In the ninth minute, India came close to doubling the growing but could not catch the ball from Lalremsiyami Stick. Meanwhile, Darcy took advantage of the Indian defense lapse and scored a goal. A minute later, goalkeeper Savita Poonia saved a bet on the reverse flick. In the break, coach Harendra Singh spoke to the Indian players after which the Indian team came into the rhythm. Deepika changed India again by converting another penalty corner.

In the third quarter, the game continued in midfield but in the last 15 minutes, 2022 Commonwealth Sports Champion England played a great game. Fiona scored for two minutes to the score to 2-2, and the match was seen turning to the draw but Navneet scored a goal on the counter attack and won India.