Champions Trophy:
Breda (Netherlands), Indian colts lost to World no 1 Australia 1-3 in a tense penalty shootout in the finals of the Rabobank Men’s Hockey Champions Trophy here on Sunday.India settled for a silver for the second consecutive time in the history of the tournament.
In the regulation time, it was Vivek Sagar Prasad (42′) who scored the equaliser for India after a 0-1 setback when Blake Govers scored off a PC in the 24th minute earlier in the match.
Aran Zalewski, Daniel Beale and Jeremy Edwards scored for the winning team in the shootout while Manpreet Singh tucked one past Tyler Lovell for India. PR Sreejesh was awarded the Goalkeeper of the Tournament.
