India had been handed their second successive defeat within the European leg of the FIH Men’s Hockey Pro League as they slipped to a 2-4 loss towards hosts Great Britain 2-4 on Saturday.

The visiting facet misplaced a thriller to Belgium on Friday and can subsequent tackle Belgium on June 2.

India had been placed on the again foot early into the sport as Timothy Nurse struck a area aim within the sixth minute however recovered properly as Harmanpreet Singh equalised from a penalty nook within the thirteenth minute. Thomas Sorsby restored Britain’s lead within the thirty first minute and Lee Morton gave his facet a two-goal cushion with a positive end two minutes later.

Harmanpreet decreased the deficit together with his second aim of the day — this one too from a penalty nook — within the forty second minute and turn out to be the Pro League’s all-time top-scorer with 35 targets. Nicholas Bandurak, although, made it 4-2 within the 53rd minute to spherical off a routine win for the host facet.

Nurse opened the account for England together with his maiden aim on the senior stage. He dribbled his well past Lalit Kumar Upadhyay and Mandeep Mor down the left to enter the Indian ‘D’ earlier than taking pictures the ball previous keeper Krishan Bahadur Pathak, who began at aim forward of the seasoned PR Sreejesh.

Britain opening the scoring was not stunning as the house workforce began on an aggressive observe and the Indians struggled to maintain up with the depth of the Englishmen. Before the hosts took the lead, Brendan Creed’s move discovered an unmarked Sam Ward, however the latter’s try was thwarted by a Pathak.

A couple of moments later, Ward was once more within the thick of issues, however Pathak made a well timed intervention by kicking the ball away to security. Then, the duo of Jarmanpreet Singh and Karthi initiated India’s first actual attacking transfer, stunning the English goalkeeper and practically scoring the equaliser.

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The Indians discovered the equaliser when Harmanpreet hit the again of the web off a penalty nook within the thirteenth minute. The aim spurred on the Indians and so they rode the momentum into the second quarter, the place they’d a aim disallowed after the English opted for a video referral. Meanwhile, Sreejesh produced a positive diving save to dam Zachary Wallace’s penalty stroke and saved the match within the steadiness.

However, the hosts regained the lead when Sorsby transformed a penalty nook within the third quarter. Morton made it 3-1 for England with the house workforce’s second strike — a area aim — within the third quarter. Harmanpreet did claw one again, however Bandurak’s strike within the fourth quarter sealed the win for the hosts.

India and Great Britain had been tied with 19 factors on the high of the desk forward of this sport, however the latter consolidated their place following Saturday’s win.