IND vs NED LIVE Score, Hockey World Cup: The deadlock remains in Amstelveen at half-time; Dutch the better side though

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IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Harmanpreet Singh's team faces a big challenge today. (HT_PRINT)

IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: The Indian men’s hockey team takes on three-time world champions the Netherlands today in Amstelveen. Having lost to England 4-2 in the first phase, India are desperate for a win today because a loss could dent their semis hopes massively. Those who don’t know, in Pool E (second phase), the Indians won’t play England again as per the tournament format. The match result from the first phase will carry over into the second phase. In simple terms, India have already played one game and lost it. That means they now have only matches against the Netherlands and Argentina and they have to do well in them to reach the semis.

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• 22 Aug 2026, 08:32:09 PM IST

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: India waste two PCs

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: There is no real urgency. Maybe, they want to take it deep before they go all out. By the way, there is a PC for India. Their first. But the chance goes abegging. Harmanpreet is nicely stopped. Wait, there is a foot involved. Another PC. Another miss. Wide of the target. Harmanpreet is unhappy.

• 22 Aug 2026, 08:25:17 PM IST

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Steve Waugh at the venue!

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: The former Australian cricketer is playing an important role in the inaugural ETPL later this year. No surprise, he is in the Netherlands. Good to see one of the biggest names in cricket. Actually, the T20 league starts on August 26, in a matter of days.

  The third quarter is underway.

• 22 Aug 2026, 08:15:03 PM IST

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Great save by Suraj

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Lovely ball into the D, shot is taken but Suraj is in the way. He is having a great game today. It's 0-0, with the Netherlands being the better side. India particularly have been dull in this quarter. The second quarter ends. It's going be a much longer break.

  So far the Dutch have earned four PCs but sadly for them, none has been converted. Nothing for the Indians as of now.

• 22 Aug 2026, 08:07:20 PM IST

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: More than 10,000 at the ground

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Wow! That's a big number. Not always you get to see so many people at a hockey game. But then it's the world cup and the home team is playing.

• 22 Aug 2026, 08:02:17 PM IST

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Dutch get another PC

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Second quarter underway and Dutch get another PC. Janssen stopped again. But there is another. A third one now. Great deflection by Manpreet. 0-0. Some serious threat there for Team India. They survived thrice in the space of a minute.

• 22 Aug 2026, 07:54:27 PM IST

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: First PC of the game

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: For the Dutch! Janssen goes for it. Stopped by a Indian player. It's Manpreet actually. Great work there. Sigh of relief for the Indian fans.

  The first quarter ends and it's 0-0 in Amstelveen. It's a very short break. Stay tune

• 22 Aug 2026, 07:42:03 PM IST

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: It has kicked off

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Finally, the match is underway. India applies early pressure. Four minutes gone just like that. Both teams are sizing each other up.

  Frankly speaking, not much happened so far and we are more than 10 minutes into the first quarter. Remember, India need to win this game to keep their semis hopes well and truly alive.

• 22 Aug 2026, 07:38:35 PM IST

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

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: India first! Indian players are awfully serious. Just plain singing of the anthem. Indian girls were different yesterday, all smiling! Now it's the Netherlands. Guess what? Hand on heart, they all are smiling.

• 22 Aug 2026, 07:33:59 PM IST

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: India need Harmanpreet again!

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: With five goals, he is the joint-highest goal-scorer in the tournament with Belgium's Tom Boon. India need him today, more than ever before. Both sides are evenly matched. It should be a cracker of a game.

• 22 Aug 2026, 07:15:20 PM IST

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: What Fulton said ahead of the game!

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: “We’re a little bit behind the eight ball because we didn’t take the three points through. But at this level as well, any team can beat any team. That doesn’t mean we’re out. We have to take care of our two games. We’ll just go one game at a time and let’s see what happens,” the India head coach told Sportstar.

• 22 Aug 2026, 07:11:00 PM IST

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: India's Playing XI!

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Suraj Karkera, Harmanpreet Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Sanjay, Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh, Rajinder Singh, Sumit, Mandeep Singh, Abhishek.

  Substitutes: Mohith HS, Dilpreet Singh, Yashdeep Siwach, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Amit Rohidas, Shilanand Lakra, Aditya Lalage.

• 22 Aug 2026, 06:24:50 PM IST

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: While the official kick-off time is 7:30 pm…

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Going by the previous matches in the tournament, there is invariably a 10-minute delay due to the mandatory playing of the national anthems of both teams. Just in case you didn't know this.

• 22 Aug 2026, 06:19:47 PM IST

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: Netherlands have not won in a while too

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: The Dutch last won in 1998. They first two wins came in 1973 and 1990. Since 1998, they have lost two finals in 2014 and 2018 against Australia and Belgium. Playing at home, this is a big opportunity for them to add a fourth feather to their cap.

• 22 Aug 2026, 06:07:26 PM IST

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: India's results so far

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: 3-1 win vs Wales

  4-2 defeat by England

  5-3 win over Pakistan

  That fact they have lost to England is haunting. England are also in Pool E but the Indians won't play them again and the result of the previous match between them will carry over into Phase 2, which means, in simple terms, India have already lost one game in the second round.

• 22 Aug 2026, 06:03:09 PM IST

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: India haven't won since 1975

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: India's situation is pretty much like the English football team. India's only hockey World Cup win came 51 years ago. England have not won a football World Cup since 1966. Apt analogy, is not it? India should have won more since they were a much bigger hockey powerhouse back then.

• 22 Aug 2026, 05:38:29 PM IST

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

  IND vs NED LIVE Score, Men's Hockey World Cup 2026: To our coverage from India's first game of the second phase, against hosts Netherlands. Stay tuned. The match will start at 7:30 pm.