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Defenceless India crash to their biggest ever loss
Hindustan Times Thane
|February 13, 2026
Argentina were in prime form even as poor defence saw hosts lose by record margin
Following their 1-3 loss to Belgium at Rourkela's Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium on Wednesday, Craig Fulton had said that the Indian hockey team's defensive structure didn't deliver in their 2025-26 FIH Pro League opener.
If that was a defensive failure, India's chief coach will have to forage the dictionary for newer terms to describe the home team’s systematic demolition at the hands of Argentina to lose Thursday's contest by a humiliating margin of 0-8.
India registered their joint third worst defeat in a sport which has yielded them 13 Olympic medals including eight gold. The other two losses were against the Netherlands at the BMW Invitational in Amsterdam in 1985 and Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games final.
India’s display against the world No.6 outfit was so nightmarish that the third quarter, where they managed to not concede a goal, seemed like an anomaly. Tomas Domene was the star of the show as he hammered in four goals (15th, 20th, 26th, 60th) while Tomas Ruiz (14th), Lucio Mendez (22nd), Ignacio Ibarra (25th) and Nicolas della Torre (30th) scored a goal each.
This story is from the February 13, 2026 edition of Hindustan Times Thane.
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