CWG '18 men's hockey: India pulls last minute win over England

ANI  |  Gold Coast [Australia] 

A trailing Indian men's team came from behind to register a 4-3 thrilling win over England to top Pool B in the ongoing on Wednesday.

scored two goals in the dying minutes of the games through Kumar (59th minutes) and Mandeep Singh (60 minutes).

Other goals for were netted by Rupinder Pal Singh (51 minutes) and (33 minutes) while (17 minutes), (52 minutes) and (56 minutes) scored for England.

India, who topped the pool with 10 points, will next take on while second placed England will face defending champions

The first quarter of the Games was dominated by England, as they kept the ball for longer time. It was the English who drew the first blood in the 17th minute when Condon breached the Indian goal with a brilliant backhand.

None of the teams scored in the second quarter and were trailing 1-0 at the half time mark. However, the Men in Blue levelled the score line in the 33rd minute through Manpreet.

Continuing their good show, again found a breakthrough in the 51st minute. Rupinder successfully converted the penalty corner (PC) to give a crucial 2-1 lead.

then handed their opponents two PCs and England successfully converted them in the 52nd and 56th minute respectively to snatch the lead.

In the dying minutes of the games, hit back when Akashdeep Singh helped win a PC. did not let the golden opportunity go and struck the ball inside the goal to again equalise the score-line.

With just seconds left, Indian Manpreet attempted a shot from the half-line which was given a final touch by Mandeep to win it 4-3.

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First Published: Wed, April 11 2018. 23:25 IST