India vs Australia Women's FIH Pro League Highlights: Ruthless Aussies outplay India 3-0 at Kalinga Stadium

India vs Australia preview: The India women’s hockey team will aim to revive its fortunes and fight back from consecutive defeats when they face heavyweights Australia in their third FIH Women’s Hockey Pro League meeting in Bhubaneshwar on Wednesday. India began their campaign with a 2-1 defeat against China on Saturday, with the Janneke Schopman-coached side failing to snap the jinx against their neighbours to the northeast after consecutive defeats in the Hangzhou Asian Games. Vandana Katariya put the Women in Blue with a 15-minute strike, only for the Chinese to go level through Dan Wen (40’) in the third quarter and through Gu Bingfeng (52’) in the fourth. Team India would then suffer an even bigger defeat against the Netherlands the very next day, suffering a 3-1 loss at the hands of the four-time Olympic and nine-time world champions. Jansen Yibbi had put the Dutch side in the lead as early as the third minute, only for the Indians to bounce back with an equaliser just six minutes later, courtesy a field goal by Navneet Kaur (9’). Read | Lack of drag flickers concerning for Indian women's hockey: Coach Schopman India, however, would once again lose the plot after a first-quarter strike as Van Der Elst Fay restored the Dutch lead with a 20th minute field goal. Yibbi would then complete a brace via a 34th minute penalty corner. Australia, who are ranked five places above India at third, also began their campaign in the ongoing FIH Pro League with a defeat against the Chinese, suffering a 3-0 defeat against the team that won gold in the Asian Games. The Aussies, however, would bounce back the very next game with a victory by a similar margin.