New Delhi: The Indian hockey team put in a creditable performance before going down to Olympic champions Australia in the first match of the Sultan Azlan Shah tournament in Malaysia on Saturday.
The young Indian team under new coach Joaquim Carvalho and captain Prabodh Tirkey kept the hockeyroos at bay in the first half but the citadel was finally breached in the 51st minute.
Eli Matheson put in a first time deflection and that turned out to be the only goal of the match.
Playing without seven of their World Cup stars, the Aussies nevertheless underlined the depth in talent to emerge winners.
But then, it was a match that India gifted to the 2006 World Cup runners-up, wasting at least half-a-dozen clear scoring chances.
India play China in their next game on Sunday.
(With inputs from PTI)
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