Hi there and welcome to Scroll’s reside protection of India’s match in opposition to the Netherlands, within the 2023-’24 FIH Ladies’s Professional League in Bhubaneswar.
The Indian ladies’s hockey crew would have hoped for a greater begin to their FIH Ladies’s Professional League season, however as a substitute they started on the fallacious foot, shedding 1-2 to China on Saturday.
It was a welcome sight to see the likes of Vandana Katariya, arguably the crew’s finest scorer, return to motion after her damage. The veteran ahead had made an influence within the match in opposition to China, however might want to draw on her years of expertise when she and India go up in opposition to the defending champions Netherlands right this moment.
The Netherlands, who’re additionally Olympic and world champions, opened their marketing campaign within the Professional League with a surprising 7-0 win in opposition to the US on Saturday.