Dhaka: Senior duo of Dharamvir Singh and Varinderjeet Singh misfired in tie-breaker as India had to be content with a silver after going down to arch-rivals Pakistan 4-5 in a keenly contested hockey summit clash in 11th South Asian Games.
The final match, which saw a pacy start at the Moulana Bhashani Stadium, had to be stretched into the tie-breaker after the stipulated time did not produce any result, with the score levelled at 1-1.
During the tie-breaker, India struck thrice through V Raghunath, Innoncent Kullu and Vikas Pillai, but two seniors Dharamvir and Varinderjeet missed their chances as India's hope for another gold dashed.
Earlier, India took the first lead after seniormost pro Raghunath converted a penalty corner in the sixth minute of the match.
But after the changeover Pakistan equalised in the 45th minute when Siddique scooped the ball nicely which found back of the net.
With 12 minutes left for the break, both the teams got involved in a scuffle when Amit Kumar Prabhakar hit a Pakistan player as both the captains instead of bringing the situation under control got into the fight.
India custodian Mrinal Chaubey thwarted two penalty corners -- one in the second half followed by another in the second part of the extra time -- as the match advanced into tie-breaker with a 1-1 scoreline.
The final match, which saw a pacy start at the Moulana Bhashani Stadium, had to be stretched into the tie-breaker after the stipulated time did not produce any result, with the score levelled at 1-1.
During the tie-breaker, India struck thrice through V Raghunath, Innoncent Kullu and Vikas Pillai, but two seniors Dharamvir and Varinderjeet missed their chances as India's hope for another gold dashed.
Earlier, India took the first lead after seniormost pro Raghunath converted a penalty corner in the sixth minute of the match.
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But after the changeover Pakistan equalised in the 45th minute when Siddique scooped the ball nicely which found back of the net.
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With 12 minutes left for the break, both the teams got involved in a scuffle when Amit Kumar Prabhakar hit a Pakistan player as both the captains instead of bringing the situation under control got into the fight.
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India custodian Mrinal Chaubey thwarted two penalty corners -- one in the second half followed by another in the second part of the extra time -- as the match advanced into tie-breaker with a 1-1 scoreline.
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