IND vs GER LIVE Score, bilateral hockey series: India loses 0-2 to World Champion Germany

Sumit and Sukhjeet combine inside the D but the ball is just passed around. India losses its referral, a bully is called. The whistle is blown and India loses 0-2 against Germany. 

Harmanpreet changes the flank, but nothing comes off it.

Sumit intercepts and passes it on to Sukhjeet as he tries to enter German half. Nilakanta takes the free hit. Suraj Karkera is sent out and 11 out field players are called. 

Windfeder passes one to an Indian near the circle. An opportunity for the Germans to make it 3-0 but the deflection by Mertgens fails to land into the goal.

Germans intercept the ball and try to make a circle entry.

India manages a circle entry via the right side but the German defence prevent it from going any further as the ball is pushed away.

Germany tries score but Amit Rohidas prevents it from taking place.

Both teams interchange ball possession.

At the end of third quarter Germany still leads 2-0 against India.

Pathak saves yet another one. India tries a counter but fails to do so yet again.

Harmanpreet fails to score after managing to hold a pass as Luca Wolff stops the Indian captain ensuring his angle is disturbed and the ball is sent wide.

Pathak saves one as Benedikt Schwarzhaupt flicks one right onto him.

PC for India as Hinrichs intercepts an aerial ball near the circle. Another PC for India after Joshua saves the first one. He saves yet another one. Germans start a counter-attack.

Germans get the ball possession after yet another trap of an aerial ball set for an Indian attacker.

Almost a chance for the Germans but no goal as the shot was taken outside the circle without any deflection inside the D.

Hinrichs’ traps an aerial ball inside his circle sent by an Indian attacker.

India will attack from right to left, and German vice-versa. Shamsher traps an aerial ball near the circle. Sukhjeet tries to attack the German ‘keeper but Mandeep fails to deflect the ball while it’s sent wide.

Suraj Karkera under the goal. German captain Lukas Windfeder flicks the ball, while Karkera saves the PC the ball manages to bounce back and enter the goal. Germany leads 2-0 at half-time!

Video referral gives India a penalty stroke. Harmanpreet Singh’s stroke is stopped by the German ‘keeper, who stops the ball by extending his leg despite diving the wrong side.

Video referral for India thanks to Hinrichs’ foul. Abhishek injects, Harmanpreet Singh fails to score but a rebound goal by Dilpreet Singh sees India equalise. However, the Germans appeal for a video referral.

Abhishek and Sanjay combine for a PC. Harmanpreet Singh is on the pitch, but fails as Hinrichs manages to stop the ball from entering the goalpost.

Jarmanpreet Singh passes the ball near the German circle as Shilanand Lakra created a PC. Abhishek takes the injection, but Amit Rohidas fails to hit one on target. 

Indians get a PC. This time Harmanpreet is on the pitch. Varun Kumar called by the captain for second battery. Back door attempt from Sanjay was not executed as the ball is flicked off wide. 

Back to back aerial balls for India.

Germany nears the Indian D but fail to make it 2-0 thanks to some solid Indian defence.

Prinz defends an aerial ball inside their circle as India is unable to turn back and push for a goal.

India attempts a circle penetration but the whistle is blown before the ball gets past the circle. 

Sukhjeet fails to trap the ball on the left side as the field around him seemed to be empty. Had he trapped it, India would have a chance to score.

Dilpreet Singh’s dash is stopped by the Germans inside the German D. A PC is awarded as a small nudge is seen. Harmanpreet not on field. Amit Rohidas on the second battery, but fails even on the rebound. 

Germany is awarded a PC. However, a video referral from India takes place. A penalty corner is not awarded and a 16 yard free hit awarded to India as Germany presses. 

Poljaric intercepts the Indian pass on the left flank as German takes control of the ball possession.

Manpreet swings a raised ball, the ball is awarded to Germany.

Henrik Mertgens makes use of India’s poor defence to flick an easy goal as Krishan Pathak fails to read the shot.

Abhishek and Sukhjeet combine with Mandeep, however the ball is sent wide.

India starts off the proceeding. An aerial ball is mistrapped by Shamsher near the end of the German circle. 

Both teams’ national anthem are being played before the match starts.

India fielding a white jersey, while Germany will play with the black jersey. The teams have entered the field and are welcomed by the dignitaries. 

A relentless Germany dashed the spirited Indian side’s dream of a berth in the final by recording a come-from-behind 3-2 win in the semifinals of the men’s hockey competition in the Paris Olympics at the Yves du Manoir Stadium. 

Since 2013, the two sides have faced each other 19 times, with India winning 8 matches and Germany 7. Four times the match ended in a draw.

The India vs Germany Bilateral Hockey Series will be taking place in New Delhi at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium on 23rd and 24th October 2024 from 3pm IST onwards.

The national capital will witness international hockey after a decade when the Indian men take on reigning world champion Germany in a two-match bilateral series over the next two days at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium.

India-Germany matches will be taking place in a stadium that saw, in many ways, the beginning of Indian hockey’s revival in the general consciousness 14 years ago. As host of the 2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games, it was the first time Indian men won a medal in the competition, reaching the final before being overrun by Ric Charlesworth’s world-beating Australians. The irony of the present series being played at the same venue a day after hockey was among the several sports to be axed from the Glasgow 2026 programme is not lost on anyone.

Interestingly, coach Craig Fulton made his international debut for South Africa here during the Indira Gandhi Cup in 1995.

The last international match played here was the 2014 Hero World League Final but world hockey has changed since then. India is now a two-time back-to-back Olympic medallist and ranked fifth in the world while Germany took silver at the most recent outing in Paris and is second making it a much-closer contest than ever before.

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The PFC India vs Germany Bilateral Hockey Series will be streamed live on FanCode and telecasted on DD Sports.

KRISHAN B PATHAK (GK) 

HARMANPREET SINGH (C) 

AMIT ROHIDAS 

SANJAY 

SUMIT 

SHAMSHER SINGH 

MANPREET SINGH 

VIVEK SAGAR PRASAD 

SUKHJEET SINGH 

MANDEEP SINGH 

ABHISHEK

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