Gomoll made no mistake with his penalty stroke and India had to be content with a draw in their opening fixture. As he had taken a try, the penalty corner was not awarded.Germany were awarded the last of their nine penalty corners in the 57th minute, and that hit defender Pradeep Mor on the body and a penalty stroke was awarded. But Mandeep, at close range, raised his stick to pick up the rebound and shot wide in desperation. Grambush's low drag flick went off the goalkeeper's pads into the net.India regained the lead in the very next minute when Sunil's fine solo on the right run took him into the scoring circle. Two penalty corner conversions by Tom Grambusch in the 25th and 36th minute kept Germany in the contest before Gomoll's penalty stroke restored parity.The under-pressure Indian defenders conceded nine penalty corners and several of them were soft fouls, while their own strikers earned four at the other end.The game began with the Indian defenders rushing out to block the early first penalty corner for Germany.

Source: Times of India June 10, 2016 17:35 UTC