Hyderabad: India had been held to a 2-2 draw by Scotland in FIH Girls’s Hockey World Cup Qualifiers 2026 Pool B on the G. M C Balayogi Hockey Floor in Hyderabad on Monday. The guests made a very good begin to the sport, taking the lead within the sixth minute with Heather McEwan scoring from a penalty nook. Navneet Kaur equalised for India within the 18th minute earlier than the hosts took the lead within the ultimate minute earlier than half-time via Sunelita Toppo. Scotland restored parity after restart via Fiona Burnet, and the guests then held on for a vital away outcome.

Earlier, Italy and England recorded spectacular 3–0 victories of their respective Pool A matches.

Italy secured their first three factors of the marketing campaign with a convincing win over Austria girls’s nationwide subject hockey workforce.

Federica Bormida opened the scoring within the nineteenth minute, earlier than Lola Brea doubled the lead simply two minutes later. Eleonora Paola Di added the third objective within the forty fifth minute to seal a snug victory for Italy.

In one other Pool A conflict, the England girls’s nationwide subject hockey workforce continued their robust run by defeating the South Korea girls’s nationwide subject hockey workforce 3–0, marking their second win in as many video games.

Lily Walker gave England the lead within the sixteenth minute, whereas Elizabeth Neal (38’) and Grace Balsdon (44’) added additional targets to safe all three factors.