Gurjit Kaur shines as India beat Great Britain 2-1

With 48 seconds of the game to play, India won a penalty corner and this time Gurjit slotted the ball home to seal the match for the team and take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.

Marlow: Indian women's hockey team defeated Great Britain 2-1, courtesy last-minute goal by Gurjit Kaur. India were trailing 1-0 in the match yet managed to pull off a great win.

In a highly attritional first quarter of the opening match of the five-game series, neither of the teams managed to break the deadlock on Friday. Despite attacking efforts from both sides, it was the two defences that stood out, holding the fort to ensure the scoreboard was untouched at the end of the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the Indian eves took control of the game and won a couple of penalty corners in the opening minutes forcing smart saves from Maddie Hinch. Soon enough it was Great Britain's turn but India's goalkeeper Savita pulled off a smart save to deny their opponents an opener. The two teams went into half-time locked in a goalless stalemate.

• FT: 🇬🇧 1-2 🇮🇳
  
  Goal Scorers for India:
  - Sharmila
  - Gurjit
  
  From no goal in the first 3⃣ quarters to 3⃣ goals in the Final Quarter...this math is beyond our understanding!😆
  
  But in Hockey term, we call this 'Performance Under Pressure'!😎👏#IndiaKaGame #EnglandTour #GBRvIND pic.twitter.com/ev1Vr29Dkj

  — Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) September 27, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  FT: 🇬🇧 1-2 🇮🇳
  
  Goal Scorers for India:
  - Sharmila
  - Gurjit
  
  From no goal in the first 3⃣ quarters to 3⃣ goals in the Final Quarter...this math is beyond our understanding!😆
  
  But in Hockey term, we call this 'Performance Under Pressure'!😎👏#IndiaKaGame #EnglandTour #GBRvIND pic.twitter.com/ev1Vr29Dkj

  — Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) September 27, 2019

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  FT: 🇬🇧 1-2 🇮🇳
  
  Goal Scorers for India:
  - Sharmila
  - Gurjit
  
  From no goal in the first 3⃣ quarters to 3⃣ goals in the Final Quarter...this math is beyond our understanding!😆
  
  But in Hockey term, we call this 'Performance Under Pressure'!😎👏#IndiaKaGame #EnglandTour #GBRvIND pic.twitter.com/ev1Vr29Dkj

  — Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) September 27, 2019

India controlled the action in the third quarter, but despite multiple circle penetrations, Great Britain's defence held strong to deny an opener.

Great Britain broke through first in the final quarter with Emily Defrond scoring in the 46th minute to give them the lead. Despite going down India kept up the pressure and soon reaped the dividends, with Sharmila Devi carrying out a superb goal to level the scores.

With 48 seconds of the game to play, India won a penalty corner and this time Gurjit slotted the ball home to seal the match for the team and take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.

Indian women's hockey team

The second match of the series will be played on Sunday.