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Australia netted through Tim Brand, Blake Govers and Cooper Burns to edge out India, who scored their goals through Sanjay and Dilpreet Singh.
India’s Abhishek, left, fights for the ball with Australia’s Jeremy Hayward during the FIH Hockey Pro League game between India and Australia at the Wilrijkse Plein in Antwerp, Belgium, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Australia registered their second win over India in as many days in Antwerp on Sunday as the Kookaburras laboured to a 3-2 win over the Indian Men’s Hockey Team in the European leg of the FIH Pro League.
Australia netted through Tim Brand, Blake Govers and Cooper Burns to edge out India, who scored their goals through Sanjay and Dilpreet Singh.
India opened the scoring early in the game as Sanjay netted in the third minute of the game, but the Australians hit back immediately to level the proceedings through Tim Brand.
The Kookaburras got their noses in front moments later as Blake Govers nearly put a hole in the goal with a thunderous shot that whizzed past Indian custodian Krishna Bahadur Pathak. Cooper Burns added to the Australians’ lead to put his side two to the good.
Australia took a two-goal lead into the halftime break before India found a lifeline in the third quarter with Dilpreet Singh finding the back of he net as he put the finishing touches after being set up by Abhishek to set up a grandstand finish in the fourth quarter with just one goal between the sides.
The defeat, which was India’s sixth loss on the bounce, pushed India to eighth in the table.
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