The Indian ladies’s hockey workforce’s dream run within the FIH Junior World Cup got here to a screeching halt after it suffered a 0-3 defeat to three-time champions, the Netherlands within the semifinals, right here on Sunday.
India, whose greatest end within the event got here within the 2013 version the place they completed as bronze medallists, had been eying a maiden berth within the summit conflict of the occasion.
The workforce up to now produced top quality hockey to march into the last-four spherical unbeaten.
But it was to not be because the Netherlands scored three subject objectives via Tessa Beetsma (twelfth minute), Luna Fokke (53rd) and Jip Dicke (54th) to emerge winners and sail into the their fourth consecutive last.
The Indian Women’s Junior Team put up a valiant struggle until the top, however we had been defeated by the Netherlands.
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Contrary to the outcome, the Indians began on a shiny notice and dominated the early share of exchanges.
Mumtaz Khan, India’s highest scorer within the event up to now with six objectives, got here near giving her aspect the lead early on however her shot from skipper Salima Tete’s move hit the publish.
The Indians pressed onerous on the Dutch aim within the first quarter and secured as many as three penalty corners however they failed in last execution.
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The Netherlands scored in opposition to the run of play within the twelfth minute via a implausible subject effort from Beetsma, in what has been described as the most effective aim of the event because it concerned as many as 20 passes.
The aim modified the complexion of the match utterly as from there on the Dutch took management of the proceedings and put the Indian defence below stress with relentless raids, which included three unsuccessful penalty nook.
After the change of ends, the Dutch utterly dominated the proceedings and the Indians had been content material in taking part in the ready recreation, defending in numbers and simply ready for the chance to counter-attack.
But each the groups failed of their ploy because the third quarter didn’t produce any objectives.
The Dutch prolonged their lead within the 53rd minute via Fokke’s reverse hit previous India custodian Bichu Devi Kharibam after receiving a superb cross-field move from Noor Omrani.
A minute later, the Netherlands actually took the sport away from the Indians with one other subject strike via Dicke, who deflected house a Beetsma reverse hit.
From there on, it was subsequent to inconceivable for the Indians because the Dutch continued to dominate to take the sport away and seal their place within the last.
