Sultan of Johor Cup: India-Australia play out thrilling 5-5 draw

For
India,
Boby
Singh
Dhami
(2′),
Sharda
Nand
Tiwari
(8′,
35′),
Arijit
Singh
Hundal
(18′)
and
Amandeep
(60′)
scored,
while
Australia
found
the
back
of
the
net
through
Liam
Hart
(3′),
Jack
Holland
(8′),
Joshua
Brooks
(20′,
41′)
and
Jake
Lambeth
(49′).

India
made
a
superb
start
to
the
game,
with
Captain
Uttam
Singh
getting
to
the
baseline
and
laying
it
off
for
his
deputy
Boby
Singh
Dhami
(2′)
to
score
from
their
very
first
move.
Less
than
a
minute
later,
Australia
equalised
with
Liam
Hart
(3′),
giving
the
contest
an
emphatic
start.

Soon
after,
Australia
edged
ahead
as
Jack
Holland
(8′)
found
the
back
of
the
net.
But
the
lead
didn’t
last
long
as
Sharda
Nand
Tiwari’s
(8′)
crisp
shot
from
the
penalty
corner
evened
up
proceedings.
Neither
side
troubled
the
scorers
after
that
as
the
quarter
ended
at
2-2.

The
next
quarter
kicked
off
at
a
high
tempo
as
well,
with
Boby
Singh
Dhami
looking
to
run
at
the
Australian
defence
in
the
early
exchanges.
And
the
pressure
paid
off,
as
Arijit
Singh
Hundal
(18′)
was
able
to
deflect
a
pass
past
the
goal
keeper
to
give
India
the
lead
again.

A
couple
of
minutes
later,
India’s
goal
keeper
Mohith
Shashikumar
saw
yellow
and
Joshua
Brooks
(20′)
put
away
the
penalty
to
make
it
3-3.
And
as
was
the
case
with
the
first
quarter,
neither
side
were
able
to
break
the
deadlock
and
went
into
half-time
all
square.

Back
after
the
break,
India
continued
to
look
for
another
goal
and
the
lead.
It
took
them
five
minutes,
as
Sharda
Nand
Tiwari
(35′)
converted
another
penalty
corner
with
conviction.
The
lead
though
was
wiped
out
in
six
minutes
as
Joshua
Brooks’
(41′)
penalty
corner
made
it
4-4,
with
the
final
break
in
play
fast
approaching.

In
the
final
phase
of
play,
both
sides
were
in
the
hunt
for
the
winner
and
increased
their
intensity
in
attack
too.
Four
minutes
in,
it
was
Australia
who
got
their
noses
ahead
with
Jake
Lambeth’s
(49′)
penalty
corner.
India
gave
it
their
all
in
search
of
an
equaliser
in
the
final
minutes,
and
it
was
Amandeep
(60′)
who
came
up
with
the
goods
just
before
the
final
hooter,
as
both
teams
shared
the
spoils
in
a
10-goal
thriller.

India
will
take
on
Great
Britain
in
their
fifth
game
at
the
10th
Sultan
of
Johor
Cup
on
Friday
(Oct.
28th)
at
1:35pm
IST.

Source:
Hockey
India