NEW DELHI: Hockey nice Ajit Pal Singh believes Australia will most probably pose the most important risk to India’s quest for World Cup glory at house, announcing the hosts should play to their complete attainable to triumph over the problem of the Kookaburras,
Australia had thumped India 7-0 within the gold-medal event on the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games and Singh stated the hosts can counter the Kookaburras’ problem through “playing together as a unit”.
India ran shut towards Australia within the fresh five-match collection despite the fact 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 event in Adelaide on November 30.
The World Cup might 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 staff will have to believe each and every unmarried sport as extraordinarily essential. Yes, Australia is a troublesome staff, however they should play to their complete attainable. Winning or dropping is part of the sport, however you do your perfect 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’ve got 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 gained bronze medals within the 1968 Mexico City and 1972 Munich Olympic Games.
Remembering the closing time India lifted the World Cup in 1975, Ajit Pal stated the staff was once like a circle of relatives, off and on the pitch.
“Those have been one of the crucial just right outdated days, I nonetheless have in mind, and the victory was once actually improbable. All the staff participants actually gave their perfect 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 a super staff, and we lived like a circle of relatives. We would speak about our shortcomings and our warring parties intimately, and we have been all the time all in combination, off and on the sector. All the hockey fanatics within the nation have been more than pleased that after once more we turned into international champions.
Australia had thumped India 7-0 within the gold-medal event on the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games and Singh stated the hosts can counter the Kookaburras’ problem through “playing together as a unit”.
India ran shut towards Australia within the fresh five-match collection despite the fact 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 event in Adelaide on November 30.
The World Cup might 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 staff will have to believe each and every unmarried sport as extraordinarily essential. Yes, Australia is a troublesome staff, however they should play to their complete attainable. Winning or dropping is part of the sport, however you do your perfect 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’ve got 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 gained bronze medals within the 1968 Mexico City and 1972 Munich Olympic Games.
Remembering the closing time India lifted the World Cup in 1975, Ajit Pal stated the staff was once like a circle of relatives, off and on the pitch.
“Those have been one of the crucial just right outdated days, I nonetheless have in mind, and the victory was once actually improbable. All the staff participants actually gave their perfect 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 a super staff, and we lived like a circle of relatives. We would speak about our shortcomings and our warring parties intimately, and we have been all the time all in combination, off and on the sector. All the hockey fanatics within the nation have been more than pleased that after once more we turned into international champions.