India's junior men's hockey team lost a hard-fought game 2-3 to the Netherlands in a group stage encounter at the 8-Nations U-21 Invitational campaign here on Tuesday. In the first quarter, it was the Netherlands who snatched the initiative early with Jim van de Venne scoring in the 5th minute. Despite the early setback India played an attacking game and looked for an equaliser. The game took off in the second quarter with both teams attacking with vigour and their defensive qualities being pushed to the brink. The teams went into half-time with Netherlands leading 2-1.

Source: dna June 11, 2019 14:26 UTC