Indians end home leg with 4-0 victory against Ireland
Rourkela, February 25
The Indian men’s hockey team blanked lower-ranked Ireland 4-0 to end the home leg of the FIH Pro League on a winning note here today.
Nilakanta Sharma (14th minute), Akashdeep Singh (15th), Gurjant Singh (38th) and Jugraj Singh (60th) were the goal scorers.
India are placed third with 15 points from eight matches, with five wins (three outright and two shootout) and three losses (one outright and two shootout). Netherlands and Australia are above India with 26 and 20 points, respectively. Earlier today, Netherlands beat Australia 5-3.
India will continue their Pro League campaign in the European leg in May-June.
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