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Hockey India League: Princedeep Singh shines in a shootout again as Tamil Nadu Dragons and Hyderabad Toofans play out thrilling 3-3 draw | Hockey News

Hockey India League: Princedeep Singh shines in a shootout again as Tamil Nadu Dragons and Hyderabad Toofans play out thrilling 3-3 draw | Hockey News

In a match that ebbed and flowed one way then the other, it was the goalkeeper Princedeep Singh who had the final say at the same end of the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai where he announced his arrival during the FIH Junior World Cup. With far fewer fans around than that night when he starred in the shootout against Belgium to help India win the quarterfinal, he was brought on by Tamil Nadu Dragons just for the tiebreaker against Hyderabad Toofans at the end of what had been a sensational 3-3 draw in regulation time of the Hockey India League season opener. And the youngster from Pathankot, who shifted to goalkeeping from defence because he was inspired by PR Sreejesh, produced two superb saves to hand Dragons the bonus point. Before the shootout, Dragons and Toofans produced a rollercoaster that was played at breakneck speed. Uttam Singh (4’), Thomas Sorsby (9’) and Karthi Selvam (32’) scored for Dragons, while Amandeep Lakra (12’, 18’) and Arthur De Sloover (37’) scored for last-year finalists Toofans. The …