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The Indian Junior Women’s Hockey Team suffered a 0-5 defeat against the Australia Under-21 team here on Saturday, which is the team’s second consecutive defeat on the current tour.
For Australia, Makayala Jones (10th, 11th and 52nd minutes) scored a hat-trick while Sammy Love (38th minute) and Migalia Hell (50th minute) scored one each. India suffered 2-3 defeat in a tough match in the first match on Friday. The visiting team was expected to return to the second match but Australia took an aggressive stand from the beginning and did not give any chance to the Indian team.
Makayala scored two goals quickly and brought the Indian team to the backfoot in the beginning. In the second half, Australia continued the attacks and took advantage of the occasions. Sammy scored a field goal to 3–0. Australia also dominated the fourth quarter. Migalia scored the score of 4–0, while Makayala completed the hat-trick and ensured the host team’s 5–0 victory. Australia will clash with the Under-21 team on Monday in their third match of India.
