Sad to see India losing twice to France. We should also remember that in this Jr World Cup, 3 teams - Australia, New Zealand and England didnt come. We managed 4th place.
Just like Belgium, France Ireland England players feature in competitive club Hockey.
We need to sort out our Domestic Hockey calendar. Players should be encouraged to participate in as many tournaments as possible at Domestic level. Long camp with probables cant teach pressure of competitive hockey. Hockey India League was a good initiative. Start the league again,even if top players will not come, other will come.
Delhi is likely to get hosting rights. But I am still scratching my head that where is Grass Venue in Delhi which could pass norms for Davis Cup ? R K Khanna stadium has Hard Court.
India is removed from the tournament due to one covid positive case.
Recently when Junior world cup happened in odisha, India waived off quarantine requirements for all the teams including south Korea. Korea returned the compliment in this way. Tournament is going on, India is removed
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India squad
Krishan Bahadur Pathak, Suraj Karkera, Harmanpreet Singh, Gurinder Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Dipsan Tirkey, Varun Kumar, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Mandeep Mor, Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh, Jaskaran Singh, Sumit, Rajkumar Pal, Akashdeep Singh, Shamsher Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Dilpreet Singh, Gursahibjit Singh, Shilanand Lakra
India's schedule
14 December - India vs South Korea - 15:00
15 December - India vs Bangladesh - 15:00
17 December - India vs Pakistan - 15:00
18 December - India vs Malaysia - 15:00 ( Match Cancelled)
19 December - India vs Japan - 15:00
21 December
Semifinal 1 - 17:30
Semifinal 2 - 20:00
22 December
Bronze Playoff - 17:30
Final - 20:00
Live Telecast on Star Sports