India crash out of semi-final race:Hockey WC 2010

England thrashed India 3-2 to reach the semi-finals of the Hockey World Cup on Saturday, Mar 6, at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here. 

it was India's third straight defeat following the lone win over Pakistan in their opening match.

With this defeat, India's marginal hopes of entering the semi-finals of the Hockey World Cup went up in smoke.

Ashley Jackson (42nd and 47th minutes) and James Tindall (16th) of England continued their good show in the tournament, while Gurvinder Singh Chandi (54th) and captain Rajpal Singh (58th) scored for India.

 England will compete in their final group match on Monday, Mar 8 against Spain, who fell to a 2-0 defeat against Australia in other Pool B action.

Tillakaratne Dilshan to miss game against India due to groin injury

Tillakaratne Dilshan to miss game against India due to groin injury

Sri Lanka opener Tillakaratne Dilshan has been virtually ruled of tomorrow's game against India because of a groin strain. He suffered the injury during his match-winning 104 in the opening fixture of the tri-nation tournament in Bangladesh, against the hosts.

Sri Lanka entered the competition with a depleted team and have now been dealt a further blow with Dilshan's injury. The injury came in the 34th over when Dilshan clipped Abdur Razzak to deep square-leg and turned for the second run. He pulled up in pain and it was revealed later that it was a groin injury.

Tillakaratne Dilshan has pulled up an abductor muscle in the groin region

"We have had eight players injured in the last 60 playing days," captain Kumar Sangakkara said. "It's rather unfortunate, but we can do nothing about it. He [Dilshan] has pulled up an abductor muscle in the groin region. Hopefully, he can come back into the game at some point in the tournament. Hopefully, others will grab the chances."

Dilshan batted on with a runner to complete an assured century and guided Sri Lanka to a facile win. Dilshan, who scored ten centuries in 2009, has been the main batsman for Sri Lanka and they are likely to find it difficult to overcome his absence.

In the recent past, Sri Lanka missed the services of Mahela Jayawardene, Muttiah Muralitharan, Dilhara Fernando, ThilanThushara, Angelo Mathews and Nuwan Kulasekara due to injuries at various points