FULL TIME: IND 1 - 3 NED
End of 60 min, RESULT: India lose 1-3 to Argentina and stay winless in Pool B with two defeats and a draw. Thanks to the format, the hosts will still play the quarter-finals against the Pool A toppers.
13th min: India up against it now as the writing seems to be on the wall. Difficult to erase a two-goal deficit now.
Into the last 5 min of the match as Akashdeep spoils once again in front of the Dutch post.
9th min: Brilliant pass by Raghu and equally deft deflection by Mujtaba but it just goes wide taking the paint off the far post.
GOAL! No. 3 for the Dutchmen. Brilliant finish by Roel Bovendeert.
7th min: Brilliant touch from Raghunath helps India to steal and breach an Dutch attack. They break and earn a free hit on the right flank inside the Dtuch 25, but Manpreet held up for infringement.
5th min: Mujtaba drives across the cricle from the left win but no Indian inside the Dutch circle to make anything of that.
This match is back alive, so is the crowd now. More decibels in the cheer as India move up with the ball.
2nd min: SV Sunil earns a penalty corner for India, their first of the match. Sardar injects, Rupinder goes for the drag, hits the goalkeeper, rebound, and Chinglensana scores! GOAL!!! Deficit reduced to 1-2.
Last 15 minutes. What do India have to upset the Dutch from 0-2 down?
That's end of a disastrous quarter for India. Two goals in those 15 min by Netherlands. It's a long climb back for India now in the final quarter.
13th min: GOAL! Netherlands score their second goal, a field effort. Clear defensive laps as none of the two Indian defenders tried to intercept that cross from the left. Mirco Prujser on the mark.
Rupinder green-carded. So India down to 10 min for 2 minutes.
Final 5 min of the third quarter.
10th min: Sunil tries a slap in from the centre of the Dutch 25, but there's no Indian stick there to connect or collect.
6th min: GOAL! Dutch attack and they ended up earning a penalty corner, first of the match. and Then No. 30 slams a grounded flick to the right of Sreejesh to sound the board. Mink van der Weerden the scorer.
3rd min: Raman gets a pass inside the Dutch circle, tries to hit a defender's foot, but attempt foiled. And Akash gets another chances in the next 10 seconds but fails to trap Manpreet's cross from the left of Dutch goal.
1st min: The Dutch get a move on immediately. Shot from the top right of the D, saved by Sreejesh who pads it away.
So much to play for. We are off in the third quarter as the Raipur crowd joins the countdown to re-start.
End of the 2nd quarter: And this thrilling encounter remains 0-0 at half-time. A story of missed opportunities for both blue and orange shirts. Time to regroup.
Into the last two minutes before half-time.
12th min: India living dangerously there. Again too much space allowed to the Dutch shirts to move into the circle. Another shot taken, but again off target.
11th min: Verga steals the ball and moves into the Indian circle from the left, but runs too deep towards the baseline. No angle to work with, tries a reverse flick that goes into the side-netting.
10th min: The Dutch are being given too much space by the Indians inside their 25, as India try to stitch an attack from the right flank through Sunil. He drills it in but raised dangerously.
8th min: Here come the Dutch again, through Jonker, who is brilliantly cramped for space by Sreejesh who rushes from the line to cover the Jonker's run towards the right post.
5th min: Indian forwards guilty of carrying the ball a tad too far, need to look for assists than solo runs. Birender Lakra at fault there.
3rd min: There is no let-up in the speed in this quarter.
1st min: Manpreet tries an overlap run from the right, sends a minus in, but lifts it for some reason. Ramandeep is left stranded.
We are ready for another 15 min of thrilling hockey before the half-time. Second quarter begins.
There goes the whistle to end the first 15 minutes. Thrilling stuff but scratchy finishing by both the teams. Still goal-less.
15th min: Dutch move again into the Indian circle and a great minus but the shot from the penalty spot goes wide
Two and half minutes left in the first quarter.
11th min: BIG CHANCE MiSSED by INDIA! Ramandeep had just the goalkeeper to beat but couldn't connect cleanly. What a misss! And NZ break away on a counter, enter the circle, an Orange shirt tries a deflection but no connection. End to end stuff already!
9th min: Oltmans looks on as India go on the attack and Mujtaba fries to go in for a flick but blocked. Raises hand for a PC but the referee disagrees.
7th min: NED try to build from the left, in the pocket. Good defensive play by India and steal the ball and Jasjit passes it to Sunil who loses it again. NED enter the circle, the shot is blocked and then cleared by Manpreet.
The game is into its 5th min, and we are still 0-0. No meaningful attack yet for either team.
It's the 200th cap for India defender VR Raghunath and the 250th for the Dutch Skipper Robert van Der Horst
6:30 p.m. We are moments away from the start as the teams finish their warm-ups and line up for the National Anthems.
6:24 p.m. It's the last match of the pool phase for both the teams, and a last-place finish for India will mean they play Pool A toppers in the quarter-finals. So Roelant Oltmans and Sardar Singh will be desperate for a win, which will also give them the much-needed confidence going into the knockouts.
6:23 p.m. A cause of worry for the Indian team is SV Sunil, who did not play against Germany on Saturday and is a doubtful starter today as well due to a knee injury sustained during the game against Argentina.
6:22 p.m. India are currently last at No. 4 in Pool B with a win and a draw to their credit, while the Dutch team is sitting top with a win and a draw.
6:20 p.m. Losing to Argentina was an upset, holding Olympic Champions Germany an achievement, and if today India manage to beat world No. 2 Netherlands at the Hockey World League Finals, it will confirm that their rise from No. 11 to No. 6 is no fluke.
6:18 p.m. It's India vs Netherlands at the Sardar Vallabh Bhai International Stadium in Raipur, and IBNLive back with you to bring all the action through our Live updates
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