Inconsistency has been India’s bane for a long time and the biggest task for Sardar Singh and Co.
Inconsistency has been India’s bane for a long time and the biggest task for Sardar Singh and Co. would be to come up with a steady performance when they take on Belgium in the semi-final of the World Hockey League Final, here on Saturday.
After a poor start to the tournament, India saved their best for the tough quarter-final clash against world no. 4 Great Britain and won 2-1 to progress to the last four stage.
The up and down showing is worrying India coach Roelant Oltmans and the Dutchman was candid enough to say that he can’t guarantee a consistent performance from his wards in the next match.
“If you ask me whether we will be able to give a performance like this (against Great Britain) again, then frankly speaking I am not sure about it. But of course in the next two days we will work towards that,” Oltmans said about India’s inconsistent performance.
Barring a few glitches, India were near perfect against Great Britain. India’s forwardline finally showed some promise and the midfield’s performance by talismanic skipper Sardar Singh has been inspiring.
India’s misfiring forwardline finally showed some promise with Talwinder Singh scoring a fine field goal and Ramandeep Singh hitting the post on one occasion against Great Britain on Thursday.
Australia crush Netherlands in semis World champions Australia got the better of holders the Netherlands 3-2 in a high-voltage first semi-final to progress to the final on Friday.
It was a match between the world’s two top teams and turned out to be an exciting affair as Australia scored through Dylan Wotherspoon (8th minute), Daniel Beale (22nd) and Matt Gohdes (42nd), while Constantijn Jonker (29th) and Mirco Pruijser (33rd) were the goal getters for the Netherlands, who slumped to their first defeat in the tournament. LIVE ON STAR Sports 1 from 6:30 pm
