Indian women's hockey team stunned 2-3 by Wales at Commonwealth Games
Indian Women's Hockey team
The World No. 6 Indian hockey team started the campaign with disappointment at Commonwealth Games as they were stunned by 2-3 by Wales
The World No. 6 Indian hockey team started the campaign with disappointment at Commonwealth Games as they were stunned by 2-3 by a lower-ranked Wales in a Group A clash.
For Wales, Lisa Daley (7th minute), Sian French (26th minute) and Natasha Marke-Jones (57th minute) scored and inspired the team to emerge victoriously and for India, while skipper Rani Rampal (34th minute) and Nikki Pradhan put India on the scoresheet.
"We needed to be energetic and play for attacking hockey. We pushed higher up, started attacking more and pressed," a disappointed Indian captain Rani Rampal said after the match.
Coach Harendra Singh was a lot critical of the performance and said the side needed to be better at penalty corner conversion.
"We conceded soft goals, which is concerning. We only had a 31 per cent conversion rate. We missed our chances despite having 50 per cent of our shots on goal. That's mainly down to the Welsh goalkeeper Roseanne Thomas who played superbly."
India will take on Malaysia in their second group match tomorrow.
Earlier today, Mirabai Chanuclinched the first gold medal for India at the ongoing the 21st Commonwealth Games.P Gururajaopenned India's medal account with a silver medal.