India, Dec. 10 -- The Indian hockey team scripted a sensational come-from-behind 4-2 victory against Argentina to clinch the bronze, marking their return to the Junior World Cup podium for the first time in nine years.

The hosts were down and almost out, trailing 0-2 against the South American opponents into the fourth quarter before staging a remarkable comeback to score four goals in 11 minutes in the third-place playoff in Chennai on Wednesday.

Ankit Pal (49th), Manmeet Singh (52nd), Shardanand Tiwari (57th) and Anmol Ekka (58th) scored for India after Nicolas Rodriguez (3rd) and Santiago Fernandez (44th) had given the visitors a seemingly winning lead.

This is India's fourth medal at the prestigious Under-21 tournament, having won ...