Last Updated: December 27, 2022, 13:14 IST
India Men Hockey Team FIH Hockey World Cup 2023 (IANS)
The Indian staff will open its marketing campaign on January 13 with a match towards Spain on the Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela
Ahead of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023, the Indian males’s hockey staff arrived on the Biju Patnaik International Airport on Tuesday morning.
A rousing welcome was given to the staff led by captain Harmanpreet Singh right here. The staff will go away for Rourkela, the place it’s going to observe for the World Cup, which might be held in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela from January 13 to 29 subsequent.
The Indian staff will open its marketing campaign on January 13 with a match towards Spain on the Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela.
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Speaking to media individuals on their arrival right here, skipper Harmanpreet stated, “We have determined to proceed with our technique to take care of the scoreboard initially of a match. We have no idea when the World Cup might be once more organised in India, so it’s our goal to offer our greatest on this World Cup.”
The Indian hockey team vice-captain Amit Rohidas said he is very happy as Odisha, his home state is hosting the Hockey World Cup for the second time in a row.
He said the team was practising for the World Cup in Bengaluru and will now train on the new turf at Birsa Munda stadium in Rourkela.
“We will definitely do very well in the upcoming matches with Spain and England in Rourkela. We have decided to go step by step in this world cup. Our primary goal is to reach the quarterfinal. Then, we will decide our future course of action,” Rohidas instructed media individuals on Tuesday.
After taking up Spain within the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela, the Indian males’s hockey staff will meet England on January 15 in Rourkela, earlier than transferring to Bhubaneshwar for his or her remaining Group D sport towards Wales on January 19.
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