India go down to Argentina

A lone penalty corner from Gonzalo Peillat in the 17th minute being the difference between the two sides

Uthra Ganesan


Down and out: India’s captain Manpreet Singh has a fall as both teams struggled to come to terms with the water-logged turf. Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout

It took half the team to come up and force Manpreet Singh off the pitch. The Indian captain was not so much desolate or crying as stunned into stupor after the host lost 1-0 to Olympic champion Argentina in a rain-soaked, bone-chilling first semifinal of the Hockey World League Final here on Friday. He didn’t turn up for the post-match press briefing either, for the first time in the tournament, sending deputy Chingelnsana Singh instead.