Q2, India 2-1 Great Britain: India finally seeing more of the ball and doing really well keeping GB away.

Q2, India 2-1 Great Britain: Mandeep Singh gives India the lead! Superb pass from Hardik Sing to pierce the GB defence. Mandeep gets it on the right and he fires in an absolute rocket past Toby Reynolds-Cotterill. He dedicates the goal to the victims of the Odisha train accident by pointing to his black armband.

Q2, India 1-1 Great Britain: Abhishek wins the ball in the middle of the park and springs the counter. He has Mandeep for company. He tries to create something from the goalline but runs out of room.

End of Q1, India 1-1 Great Britain: GB have been the better side so far. They have had most of the possession and are just a bit quicker for the Indian defence so far. India need to up their game.

Q1, India 1-1 Great Britain: GB cutting open the Indian defence with ease. Turner plays a good pass, Oates stretches every sinew in his body to trap it. He jinxes past Jarmanpreet who puts his stick out and gives away a PC. Bandurak’s drag-flick is blocked well.

Q1, India 1-1 Great Britain: India get a free-hit, but for some reason, Mandeep Singh has been given a green card. Probably given for a bad tackle he made a couple of moves before.

Q1, India 1-1 Great Britain: GB nearly take the lead! Wallace, tumbling, puts in a good cross. There’s a touch in front of goal which takes the ball away from a diving Sam Ward at the far post. India living on the edge now.

Q1, India 1-1 Great Britain: Sam Ward levels the score! GB win a PC straight away and Ward fires his drag-flick between Pathak and Jarmanpreet!

Q1, India 1-0 Great Britain: Harmanpreet Singh scores! And after being under pressure for the opening seven minutes, India grab the lead. Harmanpreet Singh finds the bottom corner with unnerving accuracy.

Q1, India 0-0 Great Britain: Pathak keeping India in the game with some big saves. GB win a PC with Bandurak bringing out his tap-and-smack style. Pathak saves it with his legs, the rebound falls to Wallace who hits Pathak on the grill. The ball then bounces off Jarmanpreet’s for another PC. Bandurak’a attempt is kicked away by Pathak.

Q1, India 0-0 Great Britain: GB attack down the left and Wallace is found with a good pass. The forward makes space and lets one fly. Pathak puts in a flying dive but the ball misses him and flies just past the post.

Q1, India 0-0 Great Britain: Pathak called into action early. Shipperley sets up Phil Roper who is unmarked and only has the keeper to beat. Pathak makes himself big and takes the shot to his face grill. On the rebound, Wallace puts his reverse-hit wide.

Q1, India 0-0 Great Britain: And off we go. Krishan Bahadur Pathak starts in goal for India.

India vs Great Britain: India are wearing black armbands today and as are the two umpires as a mark of respect for the people affected by the horrific train accident in Odisha.

India vs Great Britain, Craig Fulton: (On the train accident in Odisha) Sad, sad news. We stand united as a team and our thoughts are with the people. The main thing is to play for India today. Hopefully we can bring some light into the darkness today.

Hello and welcome to Scroll’s live coverage of India’s match against Great Britain, in the 2022-’23 FIH Men’s Pro League in London.

India bounced back from their twin losses last week by beating Belgium 5-1 in the Pro League yesterday. Today, Harmanpreet Singh and Co face table-toppers Great Britain looking to avenge their 2-4 loss from last week.

Indian men’s squad:

Goalkeepers: Krishan Bahadur Pathak, PR Sreejesh

Defenders: Harmanpreet Singh (C), Amit Rohidas, Jarmanpreet Singh, Manpreet Singh, Sumit, Sanjay, Mandeep Mor, Gurinder Singh

Midfielders: Hardik Singh (VC), Dilpreet Singh, Moirangthem Rabichandra Singh, Shamsher Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad

Forwards: Abhishek, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, S Karthi, Gurjant Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Raj Kumar Pal, Mandeep Singh, Simranjeet Singh

India’s FIH Pro League matches in Europe

India 1-2 Belgium, 26 May

India 2-4 Great Britain, 27 May

India 5-1 Belgium, 2 June

India vs Great Britain, 3 June, 1700 hrs IST 

India vs Netherlands, 7 June, 2300 hrs IST 

India vs Argentina, 8 June, 2030 hrs IST

India vs Netherlands, 10 June, 2100 hrs IST

India vs Argentina, 11 June, 2100 hrs IST 

Screenshots in the blog courtesy: FIH Media / Fancode

Match live: Star Sports First, Star Sports 2 SD/HD and Fancode in India