India misplaced to Australia 5-4 within the high-scoring first hockey Test of the five-match collection on Saturday in Adelaide after Akashdeep Singh’s hat-trick was cancelled out by two last-gasp penalty corners targets by Blaker Govers.

Akashdeep Singh (tenth, twenty seventh, 59th) scored thrice, profiting from his return, whereas skipper Harmanpreet Singh (thirty first) transformed a penalty nook for India. Australia’s targets had been scored by Lachlan Sharp (fifth), Nathan Ephraums (twenty first), Tom Craig (forty first) and Blake Govers (57th, sixtieth).

5′ Australia 1-0 India
11′ Australia 1-1 India
20′ Australia 2-1 India
28′ Australia 2-2 India
31′ Australia 2-3 India
42′ Australia 3-3 India
57′ Australia 4-3 India
59′ Australia 4-4 India
60′ Australia 5-4 India

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“It was a disappointing finish to what was probably a pretty good performance,” India’s Chief Coach Graham Reid mentioned after the match. “We let ourselves down at certain stages specifically in two quarters but I think we came back well only to unfortunately hand it back to them (Australia) at the end. That’s something we have to get better at now,” he added.

Australia began on an attacking notice and took the lead as early as within the fifth minute with Sharp slotting dwelling previous PR Sreejesh along with his very first contact of the match. The Indians responded inside minutes with Amit Rohidas creating an awesome transfer from the left flank however his ball was intercepted contained in the circle by the Australian defence.

But Akashdeep equalised for India within the first quarter itself, after Hardik Singh made a beautiful interception to create the chance.

Six minutes into the second quarter, Australia restored their lead as India did not clear a cross and Ephraums received a sensible deflection to place the ball into the online. Akashdeep as soon as once more stepped up and scored with a terrific reverse hit within the twenty seventh minute to stage the scores.

Just on the stroke of half-time, Australia received a penalty nook however India’s second goalkeeper Krishan Bahadur Pathak saved it.

Then a minute after the change of ends, Harmanpreet gave India the lead for the primary time within the match, scoring from a penalty nook. The Indians then secured back-to-back penalty corners however wasted each.

In the forty first minute, Australia secured a penalty nook and Craig scored from a rebound after Sreejesh saved the preliminary drag-flick. The dwelling workforce continued to press laborious and received a a handful of penalty corners however Indians held sturdy.

However, India had been sloppy within the final 5 minutes of the sport as Jarmanpreet Singh received an pointless inexperienced card, leaving his facet a person down for the remainder of the sport. Australia took full benefit of the state of affairs and secured one other penalty nook which was transformed by Govers with a strong flick.

Once once more, Akashdeep levelled the scores a minute from the ultimate hooter, scoring from a goalmouth melee after India went on the counter to get again the lead.

But poor defending from the Indians inside their very own circle value them as Australia earned two extra penalty corners and Govers as soon as once more discovered the online within the literal final second with the second try at hand the house workforce a 1-0 lead within the collection.

Schedule of remaining matches

November 26 – 11 AM IST

November 27 -11 AM IST

November 30 – 1.30 PM IST

December 3 -11 AM IST

December 4 -11 AM IST

In India, all of the matches can be proven stay on Star Sports First, Star Sports Select 1 (SD and HD). Live streaming can be obtainable on Hotstar.

With PTI Inputs