IPOH, MALAYSIA: Pakistan, in its fourth defeat in the Azlan Shah Cup, lost to India 2-1 on Thursday, going right to the bottom of the table.
India’s Sandeep Singh scored the first goal before halftime. Pakistan’s Sohail Abbas, taking advantage of a penalty, scored the equalizer in the 60th minute. With 90 seconds remaining and the match coming to a draw, India’s SV Sunil scored the winning goal for his team.
Earlier, the Pakistan hockey team was given a rude awakening after it squandered a 2-0 lead to go down to a spirited Malaysian side 3-2 for their third successive defeat in the Azlan Shah Cup.
Seven hockey teams, including Pakistan, India, South Korea, Great Britain, New Zealand, Argentina and hosts Malaysia, are taking part in the 10-day event to get in shape ahead of the London Olympics in July.
Pakistan won the tournament in 2003, having also triumphed twice before as well. They finished second behind Australia in last year’s edition.
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Pakistan should stop playing hockey......its a disgrace to the team and more to their fans
East or West India aur Pakistan ki jodi is the best !!
While India is almost certainly out of the tournament, I see Michael Nobb is helping bring some young blood in the team. Hope things get better for Indian hockey.
Am I supposed to be happy for this???
We are out of tournament,but defeated Pakistan
Sad to see that India which taught the world how to play Hockey is now struggling even to qualify in major tournaments.....
In football,its akin to Brazil struggling to qualify for FIFA world cup
I remember in London World Cup in 1986 India and Pakistan played for the last spot.
India is juz hammering pakistan in evry sports..1st it was cricket nd 'RUGBY' ,naw its hockey..V indian jus loving it..haha
what a misery of hockey in the sub-continent....
Whats hockey ?
Pretty sad seeing both India Pakistan hockey hitting rock bottom!
Clear the mess.. bring seniors immediately...avoid humiliation in Olympic
well we both are down and out of the tourney. but atleast we got to play with each other.