The Pakistan-India duel for the bronze medal at Mebourne, Australia was nothing but a thriller Sunday morning.
The two Asian giants having lost their way to final in the two semsi at the hands of Australia and Netherlands, met each other for the bronze. and it was a repeat history performance as Pakistan beat India by the same score in the bronze medal showdown at Lahore eight years ago.
Although India took the lead of having a 1-0 edge over Pakistan off a penalty corner, Pakistan rebounded with an equalizer in the 21st minute. Pakistan continued to control the play after half-time, scoring twice more through Shafqat Rasool and Muhammad Ateeq to set up a commanding lead.
India did not lose heart and were on to an offensive posture till the end before scoring another goal, but still fell short of equalizer, allowing Pakistan to win 3-2. From Pakistan the goals were scored by Rizwan, Shafqat and Ateeq. The goals from the Indian side came from Raghunath and Pal Singh.
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