Ipoh (Malaysia): India suffered their second loss in three games with a 2-4 defeat against Australia in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey here today.
India were trailing 0-4 after the third quarter but scored two quick goals through Ramandeep Singh in the fourth quarter to avoid a whitewash.
Mark Knowles, Aran Zalewski, Daniel Beale and Blake Govers scored for Australia.
India had lost their tournament opener to Argentina 2-3 before drawing 1-1 with England.