Johor: In the Sultan of Johor Cup youth hockey tournament, the league match between India and Australia ended in a 5-5 draw. Teams from Australia, England, India, Japan, South Africa and Malaysia have participated in this tournament which is being held in Malaysia. India beat Malaysia 5-2 in their first match in the round-robin tournament. Next, they lost to South Africa with a score of 4-5.
In the 3rd match against Japan, India won by a huge score of 5-1. In this case, in the 4th game yesterday, they faced the Australia team. In the very first minute of the game, the Indian player Thami Bobby Singh scored a huge field goal and was amazing. Aussie in the 2nd minute before the excitement subsided. Hurt Liam responded by scoring. Followed by India’s Tiwari, Auss. In the 7th minute Jack scored a goal apiece to keep the tie level. Then India’s Arejit Singh scored in the 17th minute and Aussie’s Joshua in the 19th minute and the two teams were tied 3-3 at the break.
India’s Tiwari scored a goal in the 34th minute in the 2nd half as well. In response, Aussie’s Joshua scored in the 40th minute and Jack in the 48th minute. So Aussie. 5-4 lead. With India’s defeat almost assured, Amandeep Singh scored a brilliant goal in the 59th minute to bring the game back into the tie. The match was very lively till the end and ended in a 5-5 draw. India have 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in their 4 matches so far. India will face England tomorrow in their last game. As the top 2 teams will advance to the finals, India head into the final league game with a must-win crunch.