Those who witnessed the Women's Junior Hockey World Cup at Germany found out how strong Indians can be. This is the best performance so far for the Indian team, who went down fighting in the Semi final match against Netherlands.

The winning team are the defending champions, scoring a 3-0 victory to move to the finals. On sunday, the Dutch and the Argentinians will battle it out for gold.

Also on Sunday, India will face England to secure a place in the 3rd or 4th positions. England was also defeated by Argentina in similar way, with the winning team scoring a 3-0 victory.

Indian girls showed grit and focus as they played an inspiring game, losing respectfully. The Jr Indian women's Hockey team will next try to win Bronze.

India coach Neil Hawgood was quoted by The Sports Campus as saying that when the girls wake up tomorrow, they will be driven to win the Bronze medal. “Playing for Bronze is the best they have done in their life so far,” he commented.

(AW: Sruthi)