CWG 2018: Wales beat India in women's hockey for first time

Gold Coast (Australia): This is the first time that India have lost to Wales in a major tournament when its women team was defeated 2-3 by lowly by the latter on the first day of the hockey competition at the 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games, CWG 2018, here on Thursday.

Lisa Daley (7th minute) scored a field goal to hand Wales an early lead before Sian French (26th) converted a penalty stroke in the second quarter to double the advantage.

The Indians staged a strong comeback with a couple of goals in the third quarter.

Skipper Rani (34th) struck shortly after half time off a penalty corner.

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Nikki Pradhan found the equaliser shortly before the end of the quarter with a field goal.

The fourth quarter was a hard-fought, end to end affair as both teams pushed for the winning goal.

Wales clinched the issue in the closing minutes when Natasha Marke-Jones (57th) scored a field goal.