‘There were nerves’: India coach reveals what went wrong in must-win Australia draw

NEW DELHI: India women's hockey team coach Sjoerd Marijne admitted nerves got the better of his side in their crucial 0-0 draw against Australia, as a lack of rhythm, unforced errors and missed opportunities ended their hopes of reaching the World Cup semifinals.India needed a win against Australia on Sunday to stay alive in the semifinal race but were held to a goalless draw. The result sent them into the fifth-sixth place classification match instead, leaving Marijne disappointed with a performance he felt fell short of the team's capabilities."It looked like there were nerves. We didn't play the game we wanted to play. It was not fluent, there was no rhythm in the passing and receiving and there were a lot of unforced errors," Marijne told PTI after the draw."It's not that we can't do it, but I don't know why we couldn't do it.