India’s 5-0 Australia hockey Test series rout and lessons from it
Hindustan TimesHarmanpreet Singh and Co turned up with renewed vigour at the Perth Hockey Stadium on Saturday, going on the offensive and imposing the high press against Australia. India lost the five-match hockey Test series to Australia 5-0 But it was the same story all over again as India were handed a fifth consecutive defeat as Australia completed a 5-0 rout in the bilateral hockey test series. While India chief coach Craig Fulton wanted to take them head on, the men in canary yellow reinforced their dominance, hammering 17 goals to India’s seven in the five games. If you go too deep, the possibility of conceding PCs against a world class team like Australia who take the ball so quickly, the chances of errors in D are that much higher,” former India skipper Viren Rasquinha said. But Australia have always had their dominance for a long time over India," said Shane McLeod, who coached Belgium to gold at the 2018 World Cup, 2019 European Championships and the 2021 Tokyo Games.