Harmanpreet's hat-trick helps India beat England

New Delhi: An improved display from the Indian men's hockey team saw it complete a 4-3 win and a double over England in the FIH Pro League at the Kalinga Stadium on Sunday.

While the game started in a similar manner to Saturday, England getting its second penalty corner inside the seventh minute and converting from it, that's where the parallels ended. From there on, India dominated its counterpart and appeared in control as opposed to the previous evening. After 10 outings, Graham Reid's men extended their lead at the top of the table to four points over Germany, which has two games in hand.

India had Harmanpreet Singh to thank, as he completed 100 senior goals on the night, while scoring a hat-trick. Shilanand Lakra and Abhishek offered creative spark in attack but chances were limited in open play, despite 24 entries into the England D. But it converted four of its rather one-dimensional penalty corner routines, which proved to be the difference.

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