GB teams earn Pro League wins against India

Great Britain's men and women earned hard-fought victories complete India connected Sunday successful nan Hockey Pro League.

Nick Bandurak scored doubly arsenic nan men ran retired 3-1 winners astatine Lee Valley Hockey Centre successful London.

The British women past edged a pulsating title 3-2 acknowledgment to a precocious onslaught from Izzy Petter aft nan visitors battled backmost from 2 goals down.

The wins followed victories connected Saturday, erstwhile nan GB men hit Ireland and nan women overcame nan United States successful their first matches since qualifying for nan Olympics successful January.

Bandurak opened nan scoring for nan men against India from adjacent scope earlier doubling Britain's lead pinch a awesome move and shot.

India pulled a extremity backmost aft nan break done a powerful onslaught from Abhishek, but Will Calnan restored GB's advantage successful nan last quarter.

Great Britain started brightly, pinch Charlotte Watson tucking distant a fifth-minute punishment and adding a 2nd from a rebound 90 seconds later, but India battled their measurement backmost into nan crippled pinch a Navneet Kaur extremity aft 34 minutes.

They levelled pinch 5 minutes remaining erstwhile a Sharmilla Devi changeable deflected successful disconnected GB's Anna Toman, but Petter pounced conscionable 40 seconds aft nan restart, expertly controlling a rebound from nan India stopper to prod location nan winner.

Both GB teams are successful action again successful London connected Wednesday, erstwhile nan women big China (11:00 BST) and nan men play Spain (13:15).