FIH Pro Hockey League 2024/25: India Suffer Second Loss To Netherlands
The Indian men’s hockey team suffered a narrow loss in their 2 nd match against Netherlands played at Amsterdam on 9 th June 2025. It was an ideal start for the visitors as Abhishek missed a golden chance as the shot went wide off goal post. Both teams showed their class with end-to-end hockey, but defence was solid enough. Netherlands earned penalty corner but could not convert it into a goal. At the end of the first quarter, the scores remained 0-0. Netherlands began the second quarter piling pressure on the Indian team. India earned their first penalty corner as the shot from Rajkumar Pal went wide. Abhishek produced a powerful stroke inside D leaving Netherlands goalkeeper in shock giving India 1-0 lead in the 20 th minute. Van Dam scored a superb deflection goal with lovely skills by Brinkmann in the 24 th minute to allow the hosts level the scores at 1-1. Both teams involved in high octane game with Jugraj Singh getting injured. Abhishek also got injur...