Commonwealth Games 2018: Indian men's hockey team loses bronze medal playoff to England

Gold Coast: India’s men’s hockey team lost 1-2 to England in the bronze medal playoff at the 21st Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Saturday. [caption id=“attachment_4425549” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] The Indian men’s hockey team at the Commonwealth Games 2018. AFP[/caption] 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 PR Sreejesh after his initial drag-flick was blocked by runner Amit Rohidas.