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Lucknow Super Giants

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Maybe it isn't such a good idea to give him two of the last four overs?

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He will link up with Ricky Ponting in the US, even as he fights for a spot in Australia's T20 World Cup squad

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Daryl Mitchell

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IPL 2024 - MI vs RCB - Maruti Suzuki Arena Safe Hands of the Day - Tim David

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• India vs Australia, Hockey Test Series 2024: Updated schedule, squad, fixtures, results, live-streaming details

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The India vs Australia Test series is scheduled to start on 06 April.

As the Paris Olympics 2024 are fast approaching, the Indian men’s hockey team is preparing for a Hockey Test series 2024 of warm-up matches from April 6 to April 13 in Australia. Hockey India’s tour to Australia in 2024 will feature India, currently ranked world no. 5, facing Australia in a five-match test series. The tour will conclude on April 13th.

The series in Australia will be crucial for preparation, as they will take on the defending Commonwealth Games Champion, Australia, in Perth, from April 6 to April 13, 2024.

This will be team India’s first competition since their participation in the Men’s FIH Pro League 2023-24 Indian leg. The Men in Blue currently stand third in the Pro League standings. The Indian team won two matches against Ireland and one match against Spain, lost one match to Australia, and four matches ended in a draw. Their final match was a high-scoring victory (4-0) against Ireland.

Harmanpreet Singh will lead a 27-member Indian team representing the country on the tour to Australia. Hardik, who was awarded the FIH Player of the Year in 2023, has been named the deputy captain once again.

Araijeet Singh Hundal and Boby Singh Dhami have been included in the team, thanks to their outstanding performances at the Men’s FIH Hockey Junior World Cup 2023.

Indian men’s hockey team secured a spot for the Paris Olympics 2024 by winning a gold medal at the Asian Games in 2022. In the previous Olympics in Tokyo, the Indian team ended a 41-year medal drought by defeating Germany 5-4 to win the bronze medal.

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Indian hockey team loses 4-2 to Australia, trails series 2-0

Jugraj and captain Harmanpreet Singh scored the goals for the Indian men’s hockey team. The third India vs Australia Test match will be played on Wednesday.

The Indian men’s hockey team lost 4-2 to Australia in its second game of the five-match series in Perth on Sunday. Having lost the opener 5-1 on Saturday, India now trail the series 2-0.

Jugraj Singh (9’) and Harmanpreet Singh (30’) scored the goals for India while Jeremy Hayward (6', 34’), Jacob Anderson (42’) and Nathan Ephraums (45') accounted for the home team’s goals.

The match got off to a cagey start with both teams feeling their way into the game. However, it was the home team Australia, placed one place above India in the hockey rankings at world No. 4, who drew first blood.

Five minutes in, the Kookaburras won the first penalty corner of the match and Jeremy Hayward stepped up to bury a low drag flick past Indian goalkeeper Bahadur Pathak to hand his team the lead.

Following the opener, the Australian team went on an all-out offensive and it took some last-ditch defending and solid goalkeeping from Pathak to keep the scoreline 1-0.

After weathering the storm, though, India drew level from a penalty corner courtesy of a Jugraj Singh belter.

The second quarter saw both teams exhibit some fine attacking hockey with each defence enduring phases of opposition onslaught. Just before the half-time hooter, however, the home team blinked as Indian captain Harmanpreet Singh converted a penalty corner to score his 180th international goal and handed the Indian men’s hockey team a 2-1 lead heading into the break.

The visitors’ lead was brief as Hayward converted his second penalty corner four minutes into the restart. The quarter belonged to the Aussies, who added two more goals to the scoreline through Jacob Anderson and Nathan Ephraums’s field goals.

With Australia leading 4-2, India threw caution to the wind in order to salvage the match in the final quarter but the disciplined Australian team managed the match well and allowed India only one penalty corner in the entire fourth quarter. India, however, couldn’t make it count and slumped to their second defeat of the tour.

The Indian men’s hockey team will face Australia for the third match at the same venue on Wednesday. The five-match series, part of India’s Paris 2024 Olympics preparations, concludes on April 13.

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