India flattered only to deceive as they went down 3-5 to Olympic champions Germany in their second match of the BDO Hamburg Masters hockey tournament at Uhlenhoster Club, Hamburg, on Saturday night.
Drag-flicker Sandeep Singh sounded the board in the second minute of the match, while captain Rajpal Singh (15th) and Dharamvir Singh (41st) were the other scorers for India.
The hosts scored through Jan-Marco Montag (11th), Florian Fuchs (16th), Maximillan Muller (50th), Christopher Zeller (64th) and Moritz Furste (70th), according to a Hockey India release.
Desperate to shrug off a 3-6 humiliation against Holland in the campaign-opener, India began aggressively with Sandeep scoring in the second minute through a penalty stroke.
Sandeep’s powerful drag-flick made a body contact with a German defender resulting in the penalty.
Montag produced the equaliser in the 11th minute when he creditably converted a penalty corner.