described as the toughest phase of his lifeso close yet so far for womens teamthe indian womens team came up with their best ever show in tokyo but fell short of a maiden podium finish after losing 34 to britain in the bronze medal playoff despite that rani rampal and co exceeded all expectations especially after their forgettable outing in rio 2016 when they finished at the bottom of the tablethree goals in a span of five minutes helped india overturn a twogoal deficit and take a slender 32 lead at half time but britain made a stunning comeback after the breather to pick the bronzeindias campaign in tokyo began with three straight losses in the pool stage but bounced back in style to stun the mighty australians in the quarterfinal the women may have lost out on a medal but won a billion heartsmenwin 32 vs nzloss 17 vs australiawin 30 vs spainwin 31 vs argentinawin 53 vs japanwin 31 vs great britain qfloss 25 vs belgium sfwin 54 vs germany bronze medal playoffwomenloss 15 vs netherlandsloss 02 vs germanyloss 14 vs great britainwin 10 vs irelandwin 43 vs south africawin 10 vs australia qfloss 12 vs argentina sfloss 34 vs great britain bronze medal playoff