India beat Netherlands on penalties

Bhubaneswar: India on Sunday beat the Netherlands on penalties after a six-goal thriller in which they fought back from going 3-1 down in the first half at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

Graham Reid's side have thus made a flying start to their maiden Pro League campaign with back to back wins against world no. 3 Netherlands in their first fixture in the tournament. Earlier on Saturday, they had beaten the Dutch 5-2.

India is thus on five points after their first two matches this season while the Dutch have one point. India won three points in the first match having won it outright and because the second went into a penalty shoot-out, they got two points as the winners and the Netherlands received one for the draw. IANS

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