The Indian women's hockey team failed to impress in its first real test of the Commonwealth Games, going down 1-3 to England in a Pool A match here on Tuesday.
England found an early goal after Giselle Ansley (3rd minute) got a deflection off a penalty corner into the Indian goal. Tess Howard made it 2-0 in the third quarter (40th), before Hannah Martin scored the team's third in the fourth and final quarter (53rd).
With few seconds to go for the final hooter, India scored a consolation goal through Vandana Katariya (60th), via a deflection off a penalty corner.
Ghosal loses semis
India's leading squash player Saurav Ghosal will fight for the Bronze medal after being outclassed by New Zealand's Paul Coll in the men's singles semifinals.
It was always going to be a difficult task for Ghosal to beat the Kiwi but the Indian surrendered meekly, going down 9-11, 4-11, 1-11 to the world number two and the last edition's Silver medallist in one hour and 23 minutes.
Ghosal, ranked 15th in the world, will play the loser of the second semifinal between James Willstrop of England and Wales' Joel Makin in the Bronze play-off on Wednesday.
The 35-year will pair up with Dipika Pallikal in the mixed doubles event. The two had won the Silver in Gold Coast.
Sunayna Sana Kuruvilla defeated Pakistan's Faiza Zafar in the women's singles plate semifinals. Faiza was no match to the 23-year-old Indian as Sunayna won the tie 11-2, 11-4, 11-5.