India came out attacking in the fourth quarter but Australia had opened up a two-goal lead by then. (Source: FIH)

Australia beat India 4-2. India needed a win to book final berth but they can still qualify. It all depends on the outcome of the Great Britain-Belgium match later in the day

As it happened!

60 mins: FULL TIME! Australia 4 – 2 India

58 mins: India earn three penalty corners towards the fag end of the fourth quarter but fail to convert even one of them

54 mins: India continue to have lion’s share of the possession the fourth quarter but continue to search for the third goal

49 mins:  GOAL! Great touch by Mandeep gives India the second goal. The coach Oltmans applauds from the sidelines

45 mins: GOAL GOAL! Aus respond with a quick counter-attack for their 4th. White scores. Australia 4 – 1 India

45 mins: GOAL GOAL! Another penalty corner for India towards the end of the third quarter and Raghunath gives them hope with a powerful strike. It’s 1-3 now

43 mins: Finally, a penalty corner for India and Harmanpreet doesn’t get hold of that to do any damage. Remains 0-3

36 mins: India have penetrated Australia’s circle only once and are yet to have a shot at goal

35 mins: GOAL GOAL! Ogilvie gets plenty of space in the circle and he scores

33 mins: And, they earn another one. Make that seven penalty corners for the table-toppers

33 mins: A powerful Australia penalty-corner hits the post. Their conversion rate hasn’t been good today

31 mins: The second half is underway. India have work to do if they are to make their first Champions Trophy final

30 mins: End of the first half. Australia lead India 2-0. Mitton and Zalewski the two scorers for Australia

23 mins: GOAL GOAL! Australia extend their lead with Zalewski in the 23rd minute

21 mins: GOAL GOAL! Finally Sreejesh is beaten as Australia convert their fifth penalty corner. Mitton scores

20 mins: Australia continue to press forward in search of their first goal, and earn the fourth penalty corner in the process

19 mins: Penalty corner no.3 for Australia and Sreejesh stands like a wall to keep it away

18 mins: Another penalty corner for Australia early in the second quarter but India manage to keep it away

# Oltmans discusses the whiteboard in hand. Quick instructions and team disperses for the second quarter

15 mins: That’s the end of the first quarter. It’s India 0 – 0 Australia

11 mins: Hayward fires it in and Sreejesh does well to get down and deflect it away

10 mins: First penalty corner of the match goes Australia’s way

9 mins: India last won a bronze at Champions Trophy way back in 1982. A win here assures them silver

8 mins: Surinder drills one in from the right but there was no touch by an Indian player from inside the circle

6 mins: Both teams continue to trade possession. No goal moves so far

4 mins: Australia have conceded five goals in the tournament so far, where India have been on the receiving end of 7 goals, so far

1 mins: Teams in the huddle for the final round of pep talk. Australia get the game underway with a backtouch

# A win here will take India into their first ever Champions Trophy final

# Two teams out in the middle for their national anthems. We are moments away from live action

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