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Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium: The Indian men's hockey team defeated Germany 5-3 in regulation time but lost the bilateral test series to the reigning world champions after coming short in the shootout. Germans triumphed 3-1 in the shootout to bag the series.

In the regulation time in the second test match, Sukhjeet Singh (34', 48') and Harmanpreet Singh (42', 43') scored a brace each while Abhishek (45') contributed one goal to India's tally. Elian Mazkour (7', 57') and Henrik Mertgens (60') were successful for Germany.