Skipper Rani Rampal scored a brace as the Indian women's hockey team beat Belarus 3-1 in the third match to clinch the five-Test series here on Sunday. India's women's hockey team beat Belarus 3-1 to clinch their third successive win in the five-Test Series. The warm up tournament is ahead of the Hockey World league Round 2 tournament in Canada in April.
After a goalless first quarter, it was Belarus who took the lead when their skipper Ryta Batura scored in the 24th minute through a penalty corner.
But the visitors failed to hold on to the lead as India skipper Rani scored two back-to-back field goals in the 35th and 39th minute to put India in command with a 2-1 lead. Star forward Rani scored two successive field goals in the 35th and 39th minute after Belarus were put in the lead by their skipper Ryta Batura, who scored in the 24th minute through a penalty corner.
Deepika scored India’s third goal in the 42nd
minute to take a 3-1 lead while the defenders did well to keep the visitors from scoring in the final quarter to ensure a win.
India won the first and the second games 5-1 and 2-1 respectively. The fourth match will take place on Monday, March 6.