LUCKNOW, Dec. 12 -- With just three minutes to go for the hooter, it was a full house and also there was a pin-drop silence at Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday evening during the bronze-medal match in the Junior World Cup.

The scoreboard flashed 2-all and all eyes were fixed on just one man in the middle, defender Shardanand Tiwari, who was ready to take up a penalty stroke with Argentinian custodian looked almost certain to stop the hit, but to no avail as Tiwari's powerful flick zoomed into the goalpost, ensuring a bronze medal for India.

Though India won by 4-2 even after trailing by two goals early in the game, Shardanand's goal turned out to be the most important and after him Anmol Ekka completed the form...