Harmanpreet Singh scored each India’s targets as their males’s hockey group beat England 2-1 within the FIH Professional League on Tuesday.
Captain Singh gave the hosts, ranked fifth on this planet, a Twenty sixth-minute lead on the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
And though Conor Williamson equalised on the half-hour mark for world quantity three-ranked England, Singh struck once more three minutes later to clinch victory.
That despatched India to 3rd within the Professional League desk whereas England, who went prime of the desk after beating India 3-2 on Monday, stay above Belgium on purpose distinction.
England additionally had two video games with Spain in Bhubaneswar, successful 1-0 in a penalty shootout following a 2-2 draw, earlier than shedding 4-1.
Tuesday’s match was the final of the Professional League’s Indian collection, which additionally featured 4 video games for England’s ladies’s group.
They misplaced 3-2 to India earlier than beating the hosts 2-1 in a shootout after a 2-2 draw. England have been then overwhelmed 5-1 and 6-0 final weekend by the Netherlands, the world primary and league leaders.
With all 9 groups having performed eight video games, England are backside of the ladies’s desk with 5 factors.
The Professional League continues in June, with England’s males enjoying Germany, the Netherlands and Australia in London. England’s ladies’s group will host Argentina, Australia and Spain.
