IND vs ARG Highlights, Men's Hockey World Cup: India lose 5-3 to Argentina, their semis hopes end

In a must-win game, the Indian team came a cropper and lost the contest 5-3 to end their semis and trophy hopes in Amstelveen on Monday.

IND vs ARG Highlights, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Very bad performance from Team India. (AP)

IND vs ARG Highlights, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: India lose 5-3 and are now out of semis contention. They played a horrible game today. Don't go by the scoreline, the Indians played really, really bad today. If Argentina were lucky, they would have scored more goals. Sukhjeet Singh scored two, Hardik scored one for India. For the South American team, Tomas Domene scored two. Lucas Toscani, Joaquim Toscani and Nicolas Torre Della were the other goalscorers. Argentina will now wait for the Netherlands-England match to know their fate. If the Dutch win or there is a draw, Argentina go through. Now England need to win really big to go through....Read More

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• 24 Aug 2026, 07:57:48 PM IST

  IND vs ARG Highlights, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Penalty stroke for India but they lose

  IND vs ARG Highlights, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Hardik scores. Argentina win 5-3. A PC in the last seconds. Can they make it 5-4? No they don't. With that the buzzer goes off. India lose the contest 5-3 and their semis hopes come to an end. Poor outing for both Indian teams. Yesterday the women's team came a cropper. Now both teams head to their classification matches. That's it from us. Keep coming to HT Sports and follow the remainder of the tournament.

• 24 Aug 2026, 07:49:46 PM IST

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Introspection time!

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: This is really a poor, poor show from Team India. They had lost the game even before it started, it appears. Anyway, there is a penalty corner for India. No prizes for guessing, they waste it again. Frankly, the Indians have been so bad today that the contest should have been stopped long ago, wish it was boxing.

  India score their second goal thanks to Sukhjeet. But it has come too late in the day. He guides in a nice ball. Less than two minutes to go.

• 24 Aug 2026, 07:44:34 PM IST

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: What India actually needed to do before the game

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: They needed to win 4-0 or 5-0 to raise hopes. But now they are trailing 4-1. A nightmarish show to all intents and purposes. Here is one more goal for Argentina. It's Lucas Toscani this time. Argentina 5 India 1. He is deceptive, shows up a couple of Indian defenders before going for the reverse stick shot.

• 24 Aug 2026, 07:40:02 PM IST

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: 4th quarter starts

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Just a formality now. We can not officially say it but we know that India are now out of semis contention. Argentina have started where they had left off. Again making a mockery of Indian defenders.

• 24 Aug 2026, 07:36:24 PM IST

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: 4-1 to Argentina

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Fourth goal via a penalty stroke. Tomas Domene scores his second goal of the match. It's sure all over for India now. The third quarter comes to an end. A very short break it's going to be.

• 24 Aug 2026, 07:28:11 PM IST

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Penalty Corner!

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: India's fifth today. Harmanpreet disappoints again. What has got into him? Since the last match, he has been totally out of touch. A referral has been taken for a tackle. It's been turned down.

• 24 Aug 2026, 07:19:44 PM IST

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: PC for India

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Harmanpreet fails to convert. If truth be told, he has been missing since the last game. Another following PC and another chance wasted.

• 24 Aug 2026, 07:17:35 PM IST

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Argentina score another

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: And it's a field goal. Tomas Domene goes for reverse stick shot to make it 3-1 for Argentina in the 33rd minute. We can safely say now that there is no hope in hell for India. They are playing their worst game of the tournament when they should have been on top of their game.

• 24 Aug 2026, 07:11:44 PM IST

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Fulton disappointed!

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: He says India is giving away the ball for no reason. Anyway, the third quarter gets underway. And here is a penalty corner for Argentina. Poor work there by India. Denied by the Indian goalkeeper. They have asked for a referral, the Argentine team. It's turned down.

• 24 Aug 2026, 07:03:52 PM IST

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: A dull quarter!

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Argentina leading 2-1. Even the South American team lost some of its steam in this quarter. In terms of moments, a dull quarter to all intents and purposes.

• 24 Aug 2026, 06:47:14 PM IST

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Second quarter underway

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Will India improve their showing in the next 15 mins? The Indians are largely chasing the ball ever since the match has kicked off. Losing steam so early into the contest is a matter of concern. At this rate, their trophy campaign is going to end today. They were supposed to win 4-0 or 5-0 but it's been a totally different story so far. Just as we wrote this, an example of poor Indian co-ordination was on display in the Argentine D.

• 24 Aug 2026, 06:44:13 PM IST

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: 1st quarter over

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Argentina leading India 2-1. It's their quarter entirely except for that Indian goal. There was a terrible error in then Indian box with just a couple of seconds left on the clock. Luckily, the buzzer went o and the shot was also not on target.

• 24 Aug 2026, 06:39:02 PM IST

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: India score!

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Sukhjeet Singh does it in the 10th minute. He pounces on the stray ball in the D and smashes it into the goal. India pull one back. Argentina 2 India 1.

  Just more than three minutes to go in the first quarter

• 24 Aug 2026, 06:33:28 PM IST

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Another PC for Argentina

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: India defence all over the place. 2-0. Nicolas Torre Della is the goal-scorer, in the sixth minute of the game. What has happened to Team India? They look so disoriented. Have they already given up?

• 24 Aug 2026, 06:30:39 PM IST

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Mohith comes to rescue

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Penalty corner for Argentina. A nice shot is taken but Mohith stands in the way. He uses his stick to ward it off. Argentina applying some serious pressure early into the game.

• 24 Aug 2026, 06:27:50 PM IST

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Argentina score!

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Seconds into the game and Joaquin Toscani scores for Argentina. India taken aback by this early goal. Indian defence all over the place. Good finish by the Argentine.

• 24 Aug 2026, 06:21:16 PM IST

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: National anthems underway

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: India first. Indian players are super serious. They should be. There is a huge task ahead. One can't afford to smile, if truth be told. Argentina now. Players singing in a sober tone.

• 24 Aug 2026, 06:19:11 PM IST

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Head-to-head

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: 11 each wins for India and Argentina. Two drawn matches to boot. India head coach Craig Fulton hopes to be good on the ball and tight in defence today.

• 24 Aug 2026, 06:11:15 PM IST

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Kick-off at 6:25 pm

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: The official time is actually 6:15 pm but there is always a 10-minute delay due to the playing of the national anthems of both teams. India's results so far in the event: 3-1 win against Wales, 5-3 win against Pakistan, 4-2 defeat by England and 3-1 defeat by the Netherlands.

• 24 Aug 2026, 06:00:10 PM IST

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: India XI is out

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Mohith HS, Harmanpreet Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Sanjay, Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh, Rajinder Singh, Sumit, Shilanand Lakra, Abhishek

  Substitutes: Suraj Karkera, Nilakanta Sharma, Mandeep Singh, Yashdeep Siwach, Amit Rohidas, Dilpreet Singh, Aditya Lalage

• 24 Aug 2026, 05:50:15 PM IST

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: 10,000 last time!

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: The Wagener Hockey Stadium in Amstelveen had a 10,000-strong crowd in the stands during the India-Netherlands game. But then the home team was in action. Is it going to happen again today? If it happens, it will be very good for the game.

• 24 Aug 2026, 05:42:03 PM IST

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Craig Fulton ahead of the game

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: “We have a lifeline to stay in the fight to reach the semifinals. It is quite clear what we have to do. We need the goals but at the same time we still need to manage our own game and maintain our structure.”

• 24 Aug 2026, 05:38:14 PM IST

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Can India really do it?

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Mathematically it's possible but I don't know how they are going to beat Argentina 4-0 or 5-0. In their last match, Harmanpreet Singh was a big let-down. He couldn't do well in penalty corners situations. He scored one goal but he could have done a lot better. Had India got a draw from that match, they would have felt so much better today.

• 24 Aug 2026, 05:16:11 PM IST

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Hello and welcome!

  IND vs ARG LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Hello and welcome to our coverage of the allimportant India-Argentina game. The match will kick off at 6:15 pm. Stay tuned for more updates.