India went down to Australia 2-4 for their second loss in three matches, pushing them out of the race to reach the final at the 27th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey in Ipoh (Malaysia) today

Two goals by Ramandeep Singh were only enough to avoid a whitewash against table-toppers Australia. Mark Knowles, Aran Zalewski, Daniel Beale and Blake Govers scored for Australia.

India had lost their opener to Argentina 2-3 before drawing 1-1 with England.

Today was a must-win match for India but getting the better of the Australians proved to be tough as always.

India will take on hosts Malaysia in their fourth match tomorrow.