The Indian women's hockey team's preparations for the Rio Olympics hit a roadblock as the Ritu Rani - led side lost their third successive match of the five - match Test series 1 - 2 against Britain here on Friday evening.
The Indians had earlier lost 0 - 2 in the first match while the England girls thrashed Ritu's side 6 - 0 in their second outing.
The Indians started the third game by conceding a goal in the first quarter as Joie Leigh opened the scoring for the hosts in the 15th minute.
In the opening minutes of the second quarter, Britain won a penalty corner and converted it via Crista Cullen to go 2 - 0 up.
They managed to keep the scoreboard intact leading into half time.
Going into the third quarter, India won a penalty corner in the 32nd minute which they failed to convert.
Defender Deep Grace Ekka then managed to net a goal as India ended the quarter trailing by a single goal.
There were no further goals in the fourth quarter as the match ended with the scoreline reading 2 - 1 in favour of the home side.
Hailing his team after the match, India's chief coach Neil Hawgood said the girls displayed "improvement" on the field in the third game.
"It was a much improved performance by us.
The team played as a unit and worked on the errors from their second match.
It's an improvement, " he said.
India will play their fourth match of the series on Sunday.
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