NEW DELHI: Hockey nice Ajit Pal Singh believes Australia will most likely pose the largest danger to India’s quest for World Cup glory at house, announcing the hosts must play to their complete doable to conquer the problem of the Kookaburras,
Australia had thumped India 7-0 within the gold-medal tournament on the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games and Singh mentioned the hosts can counter the Kookaburras’ problem through “playing together as a unit”.
India ran shut towards Australia within the fresh five-match collection regardless that they misplaced the rubber 1-4 (4-5, 4-7, 4-3, 1-5, 4-5). India recorded their first win (4-3) in six years towards the Kookaburras within the 3rd tournament in Adelaide on November 30.
The World Cup can be performed in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela from January 13 to 29 with 16 groups vying for the trophy. India are clubbed in Pool D with Wales, Spain, England.
“The Indian males’s group must imagine each unmarried recreation as extraordinarily essential. Yes, Australia is a hard group, however they will have to play to their complete doable. Winning or shedding is part of the sport, however you do your absolute best always,” said Ajit Pal, the captain of the gold-winning team in the 1975 World Cup in Kuala Lumpur.
“And India can do it in the event that they play neatly and in combination as a unit. And I want they may be able to do it as a result of a few years have handed since we have now touched the World Cup trophy.”
Ajit Pal, also a member of three medal-winning World Cup squads, also advised the Harmanpreet Singh-led side to do their basics right and be confident in defence.
“Don’t be overburdened. Don’t be pressurized and play simple hockey. We have to be tight in the defense as well. I am quite sure the players and coaches know these things and are planning accordingly. Don’t lose your confidence. You can do it and I’m sure the team will do well,” added Ajit Pal, who received bronze medals within the 1968 Mexico City and 1972 Munich Olympic Games.
Remembering the ultimate time India lifted the World Cup in 1975, Ajit Pal mentioned the group was once like a circle of relatives, off and on the pitch.
“Those have been probably the most just right outdated days, I nonetheless keep in mind, and the victory was once truly incredible. All the group contributors truly gave their absolute best within the 1975 World Cup. Those reminiscences from 47 years in the past are nonetheless very a lot there in my thoughts and everyone else’s as neatly.
“We had an ideal group, and we lived like a circle of relatives. We would talk about our shortcomings and our combatants intimately, and we have been at all times all in combination, off and on the sector. All the hockey enthusiasts within the nation have been more than pleased that after once more we changed into global champions.
Australia had thumped India 7-0 within the gold-medal tournament on the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games and Singh mentioned the hosts can counter the Kookaburras’ problem through “playing together as a unit”.
India ran shut towards Australia within the fresh five-match collection regardless that they misplaced the rubber 1-4 (4-5, 4-7, 4-3, 1-5, 4-5). India recorded their first win (4-3) in six years towards the Kookaburras within the 3rd tournament in Adelaide on November 30.
The World Cup can be performed in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela from January 13 to 29 with 16 groups vying for the trophy. India are clubbed in Pool D with Wales, Spain, England.
“The Indian males’s group must imagine each unmarried recreation as extraordinarily essential. Yes, Australia is a hard group, however they will have to play to their complete doable. Winning or shedding is part of the sport, however you do your absolute best always,” said Ajit Pal, the captain of the gold-winning team in the 1975 World Cup in Kuala Lumpur.
“And India can do it in the event that they play neatly and in combination as a unit. And I want they may be able to do it as a result of a few years have handed since we have now touched the World Cup trophy.”
Ajit Pal, also a member of three medal-winning World Cup squads, also advised the Harmanpreet Singh-led side to do their basics right and be confident in defence.
“Don’t be overburdened. Don’t be pressurized and play simple hockey. We have to be tight in the defense as well. I am quite sure the players and coaches know these things and are planning accordingly. Don’t lose your confidence. You can do it and I’m sure the team will do well,” added Ajit Pal, who received bronze medals within the 1968 Mexico City and 1972 Munich Olympic Games.
Remembering the ultimate time India lifted the World Cup in 1975, Ajit Pal mentioned the group was once like a circle of relatives, off and on the pitch.
“Those have been probably the most just right outdated days, I nonetheless keep in mind, and the victory was once truly incredible. All the group contributors truly gave their absolute best within the 1975 World Cup. Those reminiscences from 47 years in the past are nonetheless very a lot there in my thoughts and everyone else’s as neatly.
“We had an ideal group, and we lived like a circle of relatives. We would talk about our shortcomings and our combatants intimately, and we have been at all times all in combination, off and on the sector. All the hockey enthusiasts within the nation have been more than pleased that after once more we changed into global champions.