Indian women hockey team failed to capitalise on two goal-scoring chances in the dying minutes of the match to suffer a 0-1 defeat at the hands of triple defending champions Australia in the semi-finals of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Thursday.
Navneet missed out a sitter from a Monika-cross from the right flank while Rani could not slam in a through pass form Vanadana Kataria.
India will now clash with England for a bronze medal.
The play was mostly restricted to India's half with Australia dominating the contest with high ball possession.
The Indian team saved two back-to-back penalty corners in the early minutes of first quarter after Vandana created a move inside the Australian striking circle but lacked support to pose a serious threat.
The hosts kept attacking the Indian half and Grace Stewart missed a shot in front of the Indian goalpost but the Indians came out of the first quarter unscathed.
Indian custodian Savita deflected a furious hit from an Australian stick early into the second quarter. A yellow card to Navneet meant that Indian team was down to 10-women for five minutes.
The defending champions remained offensive, restricting the play to India's half but still could not penetrate the defense as the second quarter too remained goal-less.
India earned back-to-back penalty corners in the fourth quarter but squandered both as the opportunity to score an equaliser went abegging. They got another PC but could not utilise.
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