The Indian Women's Hockey Team Vice Captain Deep Grace Ekka believes that a strong defence line will be critical to the team's chances of winning the final two matches of their tour of Australia as well as putting up a strong performance in the upcoming big tournaments like the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022.
Notably, the Indian team has played three games against Australia, losing 2-4 and 2-3 in the first two games, respectively, and coming from behind in the third game to ensure a 1-1 tie. In their final two games of the tour, the visitors will face Australia 'A'.
The Indian team demonstrated brilliant attacking prowess in all three games, but they struggled to keep Australia from scoring goals. Deep Grace Ekka, the team's experienced defender, commented on the same, saying, "Given that we played against a strong team like Australia, we produced a good show in the first three games, especially attacking-wise, but we conceded quite a few goals, which shouldn't be happening. Hence, we are focusing on improving our defending in the next two games and ending our tour on a high by winning the remaining matches."
