India 4-4 Great Britain, FIH Pro League Highlights: India wins penalty shootout 4-2, remains second in points table

India with a successful end to its London leg of the FIH Pro League. Gets two points, a shootout bonus and a point for a draw, in the final game.

Abhishek wins it for India! Takes his time on the shot. Has his back to goal, turns, fakes a shot and then hits the ball into the net.

PATHAK! He lunges forward and gets the ball from Roper.

India nears a win.

Lalit twists and turns and then turns to the right and fires it into the net.

Shipperly misses! Tries a tomahawk and hits the side of the board.

Harmanpreet with a nutmeg on Mazarelo. That’s ice cool from the Indian captain. Lets out a cheeky smile after the finish.

Wallace takes it. A sharp dribble to his left and a reverse scoop into the net.

Manpreet Singh steps up for India. Takes the dribble to the left of Mazarelo and fires it into the goal.

Calman with a brilliant move. Scoops the ball up with his back to the goal and pushes it into the goal.

Calman to take the first attempt. Pathak in goal for India.

The match will be decided by a Penalty Shootout! Britain dug out from its reserves in the second half to come back from a 1-3 deficit. Sam Ward with all four goals for the side. India got one from Abhishek and thought that it was on course for a win. But Britain had other plans.

India gets the ball into the circle but the British defence is able to win a free hit.

We’re into the final minute of the quarter. A shootout if the score stays the same.

Britain survives! Harmanpreet’s flick is blocked by the first rusher. India keeps the the ball but Hardik’s shot too is saved.

Reynolds-Cotterill concedes another Penalty Corner. Another chance for India to get ahead.

Vivek loses the ball to Ames. Britain fails to break out from the back and concede a long corner.

Hardik wins the ball in the midfield and India moves ahead with Sukhjeet.

Harmanpreet’s drag flick goes wide off the goal.

India has a Penalty Corner! The ball hits Reynolds-Cotterill.

Roper cannot get a clean connection after Britain goes for a slip routine from the short corner.

Morton with a Penalty Corner for Britain. His push from outside the circle hits Harmanpreet’s stick off a deflection.

Britain with a chance to go ahead.

Creed is shown a green card for dissent.

Britain gets its player back from the yellow card suspension.

Pathak with a save by his stick on Wallace’s shot. Shipperly and Wallace with a lightening quick counter attack.

The goal stands and India loses its referral.

Wallace is the player being checked for a push on Amit Rohidas.

SAM WARD GETS BRITAIN LEVEL! That’s his fourth goal.

India decides to refer the call to the video umpire for a push in the circle just before the shot is taken.

Vivek with a long dribble to get the ball out of the Indian circle.

Britain wants to challenge the decision. The players thinks that a foul was commited in the build up.

But the video umpire does not see a clear reason to change the decision. The goal stands.

INDIA SCORES! Abhishek gets India back into the lead. India breaks out on a counter with a numeric advantage. Dilpreet with a pass to Vivek who then plays it to Abhishek.

Bandurak misses a chance! Morton with a dribble into the circle and the ball lands with Bandurak who does swing but cannot connect.

England dominating and controlling possession despite being a man down.

Sam Ward equalises! He is unmarked in the circle as a pass gets to him. Fires the shot past Pathak in goal. Game On!

India is protesting the goal, claiming that a free hit in the build up to the goal was played from out of position.

India hits the post!

Shipperly with a vital run from the line to block Harmanpreet’s drag flick.

India wins a Penalty Corner. Morton is the gulity British player who concedes it.

Draper is shown a yellow card for a foul on Mandeep. He will be out for the next five minutes.

The final quarter is underway with India getting the possession.

Britain would rue not converting the chances. Still, it pulled closer to India in the quarter and will look to throw the kitchen sink in the final period and get an equaliser, and eventually a winning goal.

Bandurak again switches from the flick to the slap shot. Misses! Flies down the left side of goal.

That’s the final action of the quarter.

The ball hits below the knee, says the video umpire. Britain to take another PC.

The video umpire is checking the replays. Looks like a close call.

Calman drag flicks the second try and the shot is again blocked off Rohidas’ leg.

The umpire calls it too high and gives a free hit to India. Britain challenges the call.

Ward’s drag flick is off Amit Rohidas’ knee. Another PC coming up.

Great Britain has another Penalty Corner. India concedes it as Amit Rohidas does not give five metres from a free hit.

Into the final minute of the third as Harmanpreet takes a free hit in India’s half.

Harmanpreet’s aerial to the right flank is too long. Britain gets the ball.

Bandurak’s drag flick goes wide of the goal.

A penalty corner for Britain! Poor by the Indians. Dilpreet’s clearance goes straight into Sukhjeet’s foot.

Wallace and Shipperley try to combine on the counter but the final pass is too heavy.

Abhishek looks to play a teammate behind him from the Britain circle. He misplaces the pass and Britain breaks on a counter.

Sam Ward scores! This time Britain connects from the short corner. It is the tried and tested drag flick that works. A powerful drag is touched by Pathak but it is bot clean. And the ball bounces into the goal.

Another Penalty Corner for Britain. Amit Rohidas blocks Ward’s shot with his leg.

The ball is nicked off Karthi Selvam in the Britain circle. Mandeep had provided the pass in from the right but the home team survives.

Sorsby tries a little too fancy a dribble and loses control. A chance gone as Britain had made a circle penetration.

Mandeep Singh with a steal from Roper in the Indian half.

Bandurak’s slap shot is cleared by Jarmanpreet on the line.

Gurjant fouls Rushmere and Great Britain gets a penalty corner.

Harmanpreet with an interception on Turner’s pass to Creed in the final third.

Lalit’s pass into the circle is wide of any of his teammates.

A green card for Britain and the side will be down to 10 men for the next two minutes.

Ames and Nurse try to work a move from the left flank but cannot get a decisive pass in.

Turner receives an aerial ball in the circle. But the way he traps it is judged as dangerous.

Harmanpreet with a run down the middle and he wins a free hit after a foul by Wallace.

India starts the third quarter.

The players are back for the second iteration.

India pulls ahead in the second period. Mandeep Singh and Sukhjeet Singh with some attacking flair to get the lead. India survived an onslaught in the early part of the half. Though Britain got back after the goal by Harmanpreet, the side stuck to its defence deep in the circle and got the rewards.

Britain tries to slap a ball into the circle and then get a deflection. An Indian stick gets behind the ball and thwarts the attack.

SUKHJEET SINGH! India leads 3-1. Hardik was the orchestrator. He beats a marker and then fires a pass in from the right flank. Sukhjeet collects it and unleashes a tomahawk.

Roper’s drag flick from the first castle flies over the top right corner of th goal. That brings the flurry of short corners to an end.

Vivek iss the first rusher on the next attempt and he blocks the shot with his foot.

Pathak’s save from his foot on Ward’s drag flick is deemed dangerous.

Roper misses the timing on his drag but Harmanpreet too fails to clear the loose ball and ends up getting on his foot. Another PC!

Oates wins a Penalty Corner. Jarmanpreet Singh with a tackle on his stick from behind.

Pathak parries a deflected lob away from the goal.

Abhishek was on the edge of the Britain circle but he fails to gather a pass and the ball rolls on beyond the baseline.

Karthi Selvam wins the possession from Nurse.

Vivek clears the ball from India’s circle and Gurjant wins a free hit slightly up ahead in the Indian half. Good defence as England mounted pressure with an attack.

Shipley wins a defensive free hit for Great Britain.

Gurjant clears the ball from his own circle after Wallace loses control of his dribble.

Wallace with a ball stealing tackle in his own circle to get Britain out of trouble.

Draper gets a green card. India has a free hit right on the edge of the circle.

MANDEEP SINGH SCORES! He absolutely hammers the ball into the goal. Hardik with a gem of a pass to the forward. He gets into the circle and slaps the ball past the British goal keeper.

Abhishek makes a dash into the Britain circle. Gets the ball over the baseline and that ends the possession.

Great Britain is penalised for a dangerous pass in the India circle. Sam Ward was the player who lifed the ball in the air.

Manpreet with a goal-saving tackle right on the edge of the Indian goal.

Great Britain gets the second quarter started.

What a start to the contest! Harmanpreet got the Indians off the mark with a drag flick. The lead did not last very long as Sam Ward equalised in the very next minute.

Bandurak’s drag flick is deemed dangerous and India survives.

A Penalty Corner for England! Turner plays a pass in the circle to Oates who wins the short corner with some crafty dribbling.

England with the ball in the Indian half. Looking to make use of the numerical advantage.

A green card for Mandeep Singh.

Shamsher nearly intercepts a pass near the centre line. Morton was the player who made the inward pass. Lucky for the Brit.

Harmanpreet nearly wins the possession from Roper. But the Indian skipper loses control and gives it back.

MISSED! Ward had a perfect tap-in opportunity but he fails to get a connection. Even with a dive.

Waller with an interception on Gurjant Singh’s pass.

The game being played at a frantic pace! End to end action in the opening quarter.

Britain gets level! India’s lead lasts barely a minute. Ward with the drag flick that crashes into the board.

Shipley wins a Penalty Corner for Britain. Shipley with a dart down the left wing and finds the foot of an Indian defender.

INDIA SCORES! Harmanpreet gets the lead! A drag flick that kept low and beats the keeper to his right.

India wins a short corner! Mandeep Singh wins it for India.

Bandurak’s second try at a slap shot from a short corner flies wide of the goal.

PATHAK WITH TWO SAVES! He denies Bandurak’ slap shot and then a follow up.

Britain however gets another corner.

Penalty Corner for Britain. Manpreet with a stick tackle on Calnan.

Hardik with a run down the left wing. He plays a pass into the circle but the ball is intercepted by Creed.

Wallace’s shot on the run from the centre of the circle goes wide.

Sorsby with great defence! He steals the ball from an Indian stick and wins a free hit.

Wallace and Shipley again combine to get a free hit on the edge of the circle.

SAVED! Roper’s shot is saved by Pathak. A brilliant set up by Shipley to get his teammate one-on-one for the shot.

India tries an aerial ball into the circle but it goes out of Lalit’s reach.

Britain with an entry into the final third from the right flank but India denies any space and the play is forced back.

Great Britain gets the game underway.

The players observe a minute’s silence to pay respect to the lives lost in the tragic train collision in Odisha, India on Friday.

Both teams are on the field. We have the national anthems playing. India’s Jana Gana Mana followed by God Save the King.

Elsayed Ahmed and Hong-Zhen Lim

1. GBR - 25 points

2. IND - 22 points

3. ESP - 17 points

Played: 20 | Great Britain: 11 | India: 8 | Draws: 1

The live stream of India vs Great Britain FIH Pro League will start at 5:10PM IST.

The match will be telecast live in India on Star Sports First while the live stream of the same will be available on Fancode and Watch.Hockey.

India got to winning ways in the London leg of the FIH Pro League on Friday with a thumping 5-1 win against Belgium.

The result also marked the first win under head coach Craig Fulton’s charge.

The Men in Blue will now look to continue the momentum against Great Britain, a side that had defeated them 4-2 in their previous encounter.