Gold Coast: Indian women’s hockey team failed to capitalise on two goal-scoring chances in the dying minutes of the match to suffer a 0-1 defeat at the hands of triple defending champions Australia in the semifinals of the Commonwealth Games, on Thursday.
Desperate to neutralise the Grace Stewart strike in the third quarter, India’s coach Harendra Singh recalled goalkeeper Savita Punia when only four minutes were left in the match but the players could not cash in on the chances that came their way.
Navneet missed out a sitter from a Monika-cross from the right flank while Rani could not slam in a through pass from Vanadana Kataria.
India will now clash with England for a bronze medal on Saturday.
