FIH Pro-League: Indian team will try to maintain the winning streak against Australia
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The Indian team, which started the FIH (International Hockey Federation) Pro-League season with two consecutive wins, will aim to score a hat-trick of wins when it takes the field against Australia’s strong men’s team here on Thursday. After losing to Spain 4-1, India defeated defending champions and world-ranked Netherlands 4-2 in a shootout. The match against Netherlands was tied at 2-2 in regular time. The win-loss record of bilateral matches between both the countries is in favor of Australia by a large margin but in the recent times, the Indian team has performed well against them. The team led by Harmanpreet Singh would like to continue this momentum.
The team has performed well so far: Craig Fulton
The Australian team will also enter this match with confidence with two wins. The team defeated Spain 4-3 and Ireland 5-0. The team will try to avenge the two defeats suffered by India in the last season. Indian team head coach Craig Fulton said, ‘The team has performed well so far, but there is still a lot of improvement left to do.’
It is always difficult to play consecutive matches with a big team: Indian head coach
He said, ‘It is always difficult to play consecutive matches against top teams, but we got a good break to recover and now our focus is on the last two matches of the Bhubaneswar phase.’ Fulton knows how strong the Australian team is but said his players are ready for Thursday’s match. He said, ‘It is definitely going to be a difficult match. They (Australia) are continuously registering big wins.
Captain Harmanpreet Singh in great form
The good thing for the Indian team is that captain Harmanpreet Singh is in great form. He has scored three goals so far. Against Netherlands, experienced goalkeeper PR Sreejesh once again played an important role in helping the team win with excellent defense in the shootout. After Australia, the Indian team will face Ireland in the Bhubaneswar leg on Friday.
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