Australia beats India 3-0 in a controversial penalty shootout on Friday to enter the final of the women's hockey of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022. The drama begins when the referee denied a penalty and stopped Lalremsiami to take her penalty, saying that the first Australian shoot-out had to be retaken because the shot clock did not start during her initial attempt.
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Former Indian opener Virender Sehwag criticize referees after this non-acceptable incident in the semi-final games of CWG 2022.
Sehwag criticizes referees saying, Australia missed a penalty and the umpire said that the clock was not started. He also added that this kind of thing has also happened in cricket. He also said we will be right back in hockey and then the clock will start in time. Later he also cheers up the girls by saying "Proud of you girls".
"Penalty miss hua Australia se and the Umpire says, Sorry Clock start nahi hua. Such biasedness used to happen in cricket as well earlier till we became a superpower, Hockey mein bhi hum jald banenge and all clocks will start on time. Proud of our girls"
Virender Sehwag criticizes the refree posting in his social media
Penalty miss hua Australia se and the Umpire says, Sorry Clock start nahi hua. Such biasedness used to happen in cricket as well earlier till we became a superpower, Hockey mein bhi hum jald banenge and all clocks will start on time. Proud of our girls 🇮🇳https://t.co/mqxJfX0RDq
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 6, 2022
After pulling off a string of saves in the regulation time in the Commonwealth Games semifinal against Australia, which ended with both sides level at 1-1, the India captain denied Rosie Malone in her first attempt in the penalty shoot-outs.
Australia storms into the CWG 2022 Finals while India will play the Bronze Medal match against New Zealand
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It was a bizarre sequence of events, with coach Janneke Schopman expressing her displeasure and protesting, in vain, with the referees.
Malone did not miss the second time, putting Australia in the lead. The first three Indian players – Lalremsiami, Nehal Goyal, and Navneet Kaur – missed their chances as Australia won 3-0 to advance to the final. India, meanwhile, will play New Zealand in the bronze medal playoff on Sunday.
Australia opened the scoring in the 16th minute after Rebecca Greiner found the net from an Australian counterattack. The game continued to Australia's advantage until Vandana Katariya restored parity in the 49th minute.
Australia then took home the contest by winning the penalty shootout 3-0 and advanced to the final.
India will now face New Zealand in the bronze medal contest, while Australia and England will face off in the gold medal match.