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The men in blue will now face Netherlands as they will travel to Eindhoven to play the game on June 7 in the Europe leg of their FIH Pro League campaign.
India will host Germany and Australia in their March leg of the FIH Pro League. Notably, HI has named Interim coaches for the matches.
India Women came up with an inspired show as they scored three goals in a span of four minutes to seal the match 4-0.
India needed an outright win over the Netherlands to earn a shot at the title but that was not the case as the Dutch denied a valiant Indian attack a win in the second match of the tie.
The match against the world number six side will be played on March 19 and 20 at at the Kalinga Stadium in Bubhaneswar.
After winning the previous match 2-1 in the shootout the German team started off on a positive note saving India's penalty corner as the first quarter went goalless.
Early goals from Navneet Kaur (4th minute) and Carlotta Sippel (5th) set the tone for what was an exciting contest between world No. 9 India and world No. 5 Germany.
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Playing their debut season in the Pro League, the Indian women made a fine start to their campaign, beating China 7-1 and 2-1 in their opening two games in Muscat.
The matches were scheduled on March 12 and 13 here but "have been postponed due to a high number of COVID cases affecting the German team."
If world No. 4 India made a last-minute dash on Saturday to beat Spain 5-4 in a pulsating match, the scenario was completely opposite on Sunday as world no. 9 Spain were accurate with their penalty corner conversions to completely outwit the hosts.
World No. 9 India had earlier defeated Spain, ranked sixth in the world, 2-1 in the first match of the two-legged tie Saturday.
Up against world no. 9 Spain, Tokyo Olympics bronze medallists India were stunned when the visitors took a 4-1 lead through a hat-trick from skipper Marc Miralles (20th, 23rd, 40th minutes) and Pau Cunill (14th).
But India, ranked ninth in the world, responded immediately through a field strike from Jyoti before Neha Goyal stunned the Spaniards in the 52nd minute with another field goal.
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Both the ties were played in Potchefstroom, South Africa. But the result against world no.12 France in the second match of the two-leg tie was way below expectations for India, ranked fifth in the world.
The team will be led by experienced midfielder Manpreet Singh and vice-captained by drag-flick specialist Harmanpreet Singh.
The Spanish men's team arrived here on Monday ahead of its two-legged Pro League tie against Olympic bronze medallist India.
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