Gold Coast April 14 (IANS) India s men s hockey team lost 1-2 to England in the bronze medal playoff at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
Sam Ward s penalty corner conversion led to England s first goal in the sixth minute. But India restored parity 20 minutes later with a successful penalty corner conversion from Varun Kumar.
Ward gave England again the lead in the 43rd minute employing a reverse-hand drive past P.R. Sreejesh after his initial drag-flick was blocked by runner Amit Rohidas.
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