The International Hockey Federation today reduced the three-match ban to Two on Indian forward Shivendra Singh, for deliberately hitting a Pakistani player during World Cup opener in New Delhi. The verdict of the jury means that Shivendra, who scored a goal against Pakistan on Sunday, will miss tonight's crucial game against Australia and the one against Spain scheduled for Thursday. Hockey India Secretary General Narinder Batra said, they are not at all happy with the decision because the foul was not intentional. Shivendra had argued that he had no intention to hit the Pakistani player after the jabbing and just wanted to run faster.