Indian women’s hockey team continued its poor run in the Women’s FIH Pro League 2023-24 home leg. A 3-0 loss to World No.3 Australia on Wednesday raised questions over the team’s ability to bounce back from the ghosts of Paris Olympics omission.
Grace Stewart, Tatnum Stewart, and Kaitlin Nobbs were on the scoresheet for the visitors with two goals coming in the first half. Although both teams made enough scoring opportunities, the Women in Blue failed to capitalise from their end.
This is the third straight loss for the India women’s hockey team, and to be precise enough, fifth in a row after the Olympic qualifiers heartbreak against Germany and Japan. Let’s take a look at a few reasons that persistently bother India in their game.
High-pressing game not bringing the results
It has been observed that India has corroborated a style to press hard and create attacking opportunities. This can only be fruition when the forwards are sharp in their den, which hasn’t been the case for the Indians in the tournament sofar even though senior campaigner Vandana Katariya returned to the playing XI.
Though in-form mid-fielder Salima Tete has tried to feed enough chances to the forward line, the unit just can’t materialise. Bringing the ball into the circle seems an arduous task for this side.