Harmanpreet Singh says the squad has accomplished a variety of high-intensity coaching. (Pic Credit: HI)
The males’s workforce beneath drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh is coming into the match following a 0-5 Test collection whitewash by the hands of Australia
Indian males’s hockey workforce will hope to iron out the failings forward of the Paris Olympics, whereas the ladies’s workforce beneath new skipper Salima Tete will look to beat the frustration of not qualifying for the Summer Games, when the gruelling European leg of the FIH Pro League commences right here with matches towards Argentina on Wednesday.
The males’s workforce beneath drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh is coming into the match following a 0-5 Test collection whitewash by the hands of Australia and would look to profit from the chance in Europe to get again to profitable methods forward of the Paris Games.
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“Undoubtedly, we are focused on the Olympics but we also need to give our best to finish as champions (in Pro League) and secure direct qualification for the 2026 Hockey World Cup as well,” stated Harmanpreet, whose workforce is at present positioned third with 15 factors from eight Pro League video games.
Netherlands are main the charts with 26 factors (12 matches), whereas Australia are on 20 factors (8 matches).
“To achieve both these targets (doing well ahead of Olympics and secure direct qualification for 2026 World Cup), we will strive to give our all on the pitch and win all our matches,” the skipper added.
Besides Argentina, the Indian males’s workforce will even check their Olympic preparations towards Belgium, Germany and Great Britain.
The Indian ladies, at present positioned sixth on the Pro League desk, have an opportunity to climb up the desk after they tackle world No.7 Argentina on Wednesday.
The world No.6 facet has earned eight factors from an equal variety of video games within the Pro League house leg, registering victories towards the United States and Australia.
Newly-appointed captain Salima stated the friendlies towards South Africa in India earlier this month had helped her workforce put together for the European leg of the Pro League.
“We played practice matches against South Africa (in India) to prepare for these Hockey Pro League matches. The point difference between us and second-placed China is just seven points,” stated Tete in a Hockey India launch.
“We (will) aim to close this gap in the remaining matches against Argentina, Belgium, Germany, and Great Britain in a bid to finish as high as we can,” she added.
China are positioned second on the desk with 15 factors from eight video games, whereas leaders Netherlands are on 36 factors with an all-win document in 12 video games.
Following the matches towards Argentina, the ladies’s workforce will play Belgium on May 23, whereas the boys’s facet will tackle the hosts a day later.
The ladies’s and males’s groups will face Belgium once more on May 25.
India ladies and men will finish their first half of the European tour with matches towards Argentina on May 26, earlier than shifting on to the ultimate leg in London the place they play Germany on June 1 and eight and tackle hosts Great Britain on June 2 and 9.
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