IND vs AUS Highlights, Women’s Hockey World Cup: India out of semis contention after goalless draw against Australia

IND vs AUS Highlights, Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026: It’s referred. It stays. Can they convert? They are denied again. Good defensive work by Salima Tete. Under 2 minutes to go. Grace Young limps off after being struck.

It’s a 0-0 draw. That means India fail to qualify for the semis. Australia advance on more goals scored compared to India after a similar goal difference. India now head to their classification match for the fifth position.

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026: But shortly after there is a PC for Australia. Their fourth of the game. And they are denied again.

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026: Nice pass from the right but Navneet and Sakshi mess it up. What a waste. Best chance of the match and goes abegging. It was kind of an open goal. Very disappointing. 10 minutes to the final buzzer.

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026: Right at the start of the fourth quarter! Big deflection wide off the mark. Great defensive work.

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026: She was in the right place but couldn’t connect it. With that the third quarter comes to an end. All Deepika had to do was tap it home in the D. Sadly for India, it didn’t happen.

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026: And they convert. But it is disallowed after a review. Kershaw put it into the goal after a melee kind of situation but the shot was deemed dangerous.

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026: Poor control. One would have thought they would get better over time but that’s not the case. Passing not accurate to boot. They need to pick up their game quickly. Remember, the only way they can reach the semis is via a win in this game. Meanwhile, Kershaw almost put the Aussies into the lead.

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026: Australia four shots on goal; India none. Ball possession they dominate too, more than 60 per cent. One penalty corner for either team. No prizes for guessing as to which has been the better team so far.

Third quarter underway as Aussie goalkeeper Bartram shows some of he dancing moves moments before.

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026: With seconds on the clock. Poor stuff. Opportunity goes abegging. Navneet should gone straight for it instead of passing it to the player on her right. Anyway, with that the second quarter comes to an end.

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026: The ball hit her in the face. Came off the stick of an Indian player. Ishika is going out for treatment. She looks okay but might need to apply some ice over there.

Another injury for India, to Lalrem this time. She is going out too for treatment. An Aussie shot smashed into her knee.

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026: Can they convert it? It goes abegging. A chaotic one. Australia have started very well in this quarter. They have created a couple of nice chances already. Great control on the ball.

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026: This should be more exciting. Both teams appear to have settled down. Both are going to come up with their best game in this quarter.

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026: And it’s 0-0 after the first quarter. The Aussies were the better team to all intents and purposes. It’s a very short break.

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026: It’s Baljeet Kaur! India are one player fewer for the next two minutes. Hopefully, it won’t prove costly.

Meanwhile, there is a good save by Savita in goal. Nice angled reverse shot from right but the Indian goalie stands in the way. Aussie Tatum Stewart gets a green card too.

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026: For it being dangerous. Just second minute into the game. Australia celebrated but it was short-lived. Good review taken by the Indian team. Grace Stewart at the centre of things.

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026: Finally the game is underway.

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026: India first. Goosebumps! Passionate singing by the Indian players. They are really excited ahead of the game. Australia now. The kick-off in a couple of minutes from here.

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026: 15 wins to Australia. 3 to India and 3 drawn! Marijne insists India need to score. Their defensive work has been good so fa but they need to score goals to qualify.

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026: Although the official time of the kick-off is 10:30 pm, with national anthems and all, there is invariably a 10-minute delay. So, effectively the encounter starts at 10:40 pm.

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026: It came 52 years ago at the inaugural World Cup in France. They finished in fourth that time. If they can beat Australia today, it will be a big step towards achieving a better position than fourth!

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026: But it has been a while since they won a World Cup. Their last win came in 1998. They had won the previous edition too. India Women, on the other hand, are yet to win their first World Cup.

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026: Savita Punia, Shilpi Dabas, Sushila Chanu, Jyoti; Salima Tete, Neha Goyal, Nikki Pradhan, Sunelita Toppo, Lalremsiami, Navneet Kaur, Deepika Sehrawat

Substitutes: Bichu Devi Kharibam, Ishika Chaudhary, Baljeet Kaur, Ishika, Sakshi Rana, Rutuja Pisal, Beauty Dung Dung

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026: Whoever wins this match will be through to the semis. In the case of a draw, the Aussies will be through having scored more goals than India.

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Women’s Hockey World Cup 2026: Hello and welcome to the game between India and Australia. Stay tuned for live updates. The match kicks off at 10:30 pm.