#3. India 3 – Netherlands 2, 2014
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The match didn’t have the brightest of the starts as the first 30 minutes failed to produce a goal. But later the crowd would know that those 30 minutes were the lull before the storm as some terrific hockey from both the teams saw five goals follow in the next 40 minutes resulting in India trumping Netherlands 3-2 in front of a capacity 5000 crowd at the Kalinga Stadium.
After SV Sunil put India ahead three minutes into the third quarter, Mink van der Weerden equalised for the visitors in the 36th minute off a penalty corner. India restored their lead a minute into the fourth quarter through Man-of-the-Match Manpreet Singh in the 47th minute and then added another goal in the 49th through Rupinderpal Singh's drag-flick. This was the first win India had managed against the Netherlands in 18 years.
