India vs Germany Hockey FIH Pro League Highlights: IND sink to 1-4 defeat as woes in attack continue

India vs Germany Hockey FIH Pro League Live Updates: Comprehensive win for Germany to start their tour of Bhubaneshwar. They continue their free-scoring ways but this time, they ensure that they concede just one. Well, they did well in defence but India were quite poor inside the circle today, letting go of a host of chances particularly in the third quarter. And once again, no goals from PCs. A lot to work on for Fulton and Co. That is that from us here for this game, thanks for sticking around and good night!

India vs Germany Hockey FIH Pro League Live Updates: Well that mught be that for India's chances of securing a second win of the season today. Proper scrapper this one, with Germany provoking some glorious chaos near the Indian goal. In between all that Ludwig pops the ball in.

India vs Germany Hockey FIH Pro League Live Updates: The ball ricochets off the post in the 50th minute and then a foul from Germany and so India get a PC. First rusher Barry defends Jugraj's flick brilliantly, the umpire had declared that it hit his foot and Germany referred that. It had taken the stick but the ball handn't gone out of play and so the PC is retaken. Jugraj is off target this time. He wants to review but India have none left.

India vs Germany Hockey FIH Pro League Live Updates: PC for Germany, Peillat's shot blocked brilliantly by Rohidas who is the number one rusher. But then Struthoff fires it in from the edge of the circle. India appeal that Rohidas was blocked but the TV umpire sees no clear evidence for that. The Germans were appealing for the ball hitting Rohidas' foot initially but Struthoff remained keyed in and unleashed a brilliant shot.

India vs Germany Hockey FIH Pro League Live Updates: India start the final quarter and then the umpire asks them to start again as there were two balls on the pitch. Germany looked a tired lot at the end of the third quarter but can India keep up this intensity?

India trail 1-2 vs Germany at the start of the last quarter.

India vs Germany Hockey FIH Pro League Live Updates: A bruising quarter for India. No clear cut chances despite the action being end to end. Abhishek and the rest of the forward ran their legs off but they couldn't find a goal and their penalty corner problems continue.

India vs Germany Hockey FIH Pro League Live Updates: Into the last three minutes of the third quarter and Germany are having to fight off three or four Indian players every time they have a ball int their own half. So far, they are holding on, it has been a very scrappy quarter thus far, not much by way of chances for either side.

India vs Germany Hockey FIH Pro League Live Updates: India win a PC in the 38th minute. Jugraj is on the flick and he misses that completely! The balls goes underneath his stick and he even kicks it in the follow through.

India vs Germany Hockey FIH Pro League Live Updates: What a stop that is from Kleinlein there to deny Abhishek in the 35th minute. The Indian receives the ball with his back to goal inside the circle on the right, turns around and unleashes a shot but Kleinlein dives and gets a stick in time. It is cleared and then Peillat shown a green card. Germany down to 10 men.

India vs Germany Hockey FIH Pro League Live Updates: India ask for a PC, umpire turns it down and so they take the referral succesfully. Amit Rohidas on the drag flick, not something we see often and he provokes a good save from the German keeper. India then win another PC seconds later. Sanjay takes it but it's blocked off for a long corner. So that is a total of nine PCs without a goal for India in this year's Pro League thus far.

India vs Germany Hockey FIH Pro League Live Updates: All right then, can India get in front as early as possible here. Craig Fulton effectively says at half time that India need to improve their attacking but he isn't going to read too much into it as there is so much of the match left.

India vs Germany Hockey FIH Pro League Live Updates: India had more possession in that second quarter and in the first half overall but it is Germany with the lead. They had two clear cut chances in the first quarter and they took it. India, on the other hand, couldn't find the target with the chances they had in the second.

It has been all open play thus far, no PCs yet.

India vs Germany Hockey FIH Pro League Live Updates: Suraj with a brilliant save after India lose the ball to a rather loose aerial in the 28th. Then Dilpreet receives the ball in the circle with his back to goal and swivels to unleash a shot. He lost his shape though and the ball flies off target.

India vs Germany Hockey FIH Pro League Live Updates: Arshdeep tries to deflect a ball from Rajinder on the left and misses the target by inches in thge 24th minute. Then Sperling goes for a shot and Karkera saves it.

India vs Germany Hockey FIH Pro League Live Updates: Nilakanta tries to find Abhishek inside the circle but the latter is not able to control it cleanly. Then a big chance for India in the 20th minute as Gurjant tries to deflect a pass from Rajinder but misses the target.

India vs Germany Hockey FIH Pro League Live Updates: That was action-packed a first quarter as one would've expected considering recent matches between these two sides. India have a hill to climb here.

India vs Germany Hockey FIH Pro League Live Updates: Germany equalise almost immediately. Now while the first two goals were lovely team strikes, this one was as ugly as they come. Manpreet has had to limp off after taking a knock on his lower back, he was stricken when Germany broke and play was allowed to go on.

India vs Germany Hockey FIH Pro League Live Updates: Some silky smooth ball movement there from Rajinder and he passes the ball square to Gurjant from the right. India back on level terms with a very photogenic team goal indeed.

India vs Germany Hockey FIH Pro League Live Updates: Germany looked set to double their lead but brilliant save with the foot by Pathak from point blank on the right of his goal. India then regain control of the tball and go searching for the equaliser.

India vs Germany Hockey FIH Pro League Live Updates: Lovely flowing attack from Germany and Flo Sperling finishes it. A goal against the run of play for the Germans, India have had more of the possession thus far. The ball was ushered into the circle from the left, passed square to Kleinlein at the edge of the circle who sends it forward to Sperling.

India vs Germany Hockey FIH Pro League Live Updates: Attacking forrays from both sides but no real inroads made by Germany or India in the early five minutes. Vivek fires in the ball from midfield and it needed just one deflection inside the circle to potentially give India the lead.

India vs Germany Hockey FIH Pro League Live Updates: All right here we go. Germany get us going for the first quarter.

India vs Germany Hockey FIH Pro League Live Updates: The coaches spoke for a few seconds before push back, as is usual.

Craig Fulton: "He's (Harmanpreet) not 100 percent tonight. Just a precaution. We're looking for consistency, we have to score a few goals."

Andre Henning: Very happy to be back, we have a young group here...inexperienced. At the end, we want to win the game."

India vs Germany Hockey FIH Pro League Live Updates: First comes Germany's national anthem and then India's There have been quite a few memorable matches between these two sides. Let's hope we get another one of those today. India in their traditional blue, Germany in their away pink colours.

India vs Germany Hockey FIH Pro League Live Updates: The two sets of players are warming up out there. Apart from Harmanpreet and Hardik, Sumit is also out. Craig Fulton says that Harmanpreet is not 100 percent tonight.