A soaring team India after Sunday’s 4-1 victory against Pakistan, was in for a shock as Australia slapped them 5-2 in the hockey World Cup on Tuesday night.
While India struggled throughout the match, olympic silver medallist Australia scored as early as in the second minute and there was no looking behind after it.
The Australians who scored include Glenn Turner (10th minute, 43rd), Liam De Young (2nd), Desmond Abbott (26th) and Luke Doerner (42nd). For India, Vikram Pillay (35th) and Captain Rajpal Singh (53rd) scored.
The Indians were completely lagging behind in all departments of the game as Australia scored goals after goals. India dropped down in the points table to the fourth spot with this defeat. England is on top with two wins, followed by Australia and Spain. India will play against Spain in their next Pool B match at the same Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium on Thursday.
With this victory, Australia has not only earned three full points but also the Ajit Pal-Ric Charlesworth Trophy as the match was designated as a friendship match between the two countries.
The fact is that in India, given that we are far behind in matters of nutrition supplied to hockey players, and also for the reason that players behave radically after having good supplies, there fore the loss as usual to Aussie!They need a full time nutritionist rather than the Sharukh Khan “coach”