Overview
- After a 1-1 draw in Hobart, India defeated world No. 3 Australia 3-1 in the shoot-out to end a prolonged losing run.
- Jeremy Hayward put Australia ahead with a 49th-minute penalty-corner conversion before Shilanand Lakra equalised with a 51st-minute field goal.
- In the shoot-out, Lakra, Maninder Singh and Vishnukant Singh scored for India, with Hayward netting Australia’s only attempt.
- Goalkeeper Mohith Shashikumar Honnenahalli produced multiple key saves in regulation and denied three Australian efforts in the shoot-out.
- India collected two points from the result and remain eighth with four points from eight matches, next facing the Netherlands on June 21 and Germany in the Rotterdam leg.