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Harmanpreet Singh says the workforce will concentrate on eliminating any chinks in its armour. (PTI Photo)
Last month, India, the Tokyo Olympics bronze medallists, misplaced all their 5 matches in Australia, elevating doubts about their preparations for the Paris Games.
India will put to check its greatest methods and combos throughout the European leg of the FIH Pro League as it will be the final alternative to shortlist the ultimate squad for the Paris Olympics, stated males’s hockey workforce captain Harmanpreet Singh on Tuesday.
The workforce left for Antwerp, Belgium on Tuesday for the difficult league, the place the winner of this season can be decided. India, at the moment third within the factors desk, behind the Netherlands and Australia, will play Belgium and Argentina in Antwerp between May 22 and 26. It can be adopted by matches towards Germany and Great Britain from June 1-9 in London.
“We are trying out the best combinations before the final squad is selected for the Olympics. Hence, the Pro League outing is crucial in our preparations for Paris as well as for players to make it to the 16-member squad for Paris,” stated drag-flicker Harmanpreet in a Hockey India launch earlier than the workforce left for Europe.
Last month, India, the Tokyo Olympics bronze medallists, misplaced all their 5 matches in Australia, elevating doubts about their preparations for the Paris Games.
Harmanpreet stated the workforce will concentrate on eliminating any chinks in its armour forward of Paris.
“The team is quite excited to get back on the road again for yet another challenging outing where we will take on world’s best teams in the Pro League. We will be travelling on the back of a very intense training camp over the past few weeks where we focused on our conditioning and played intra-squad matches regularly.
“The team is shaping well and the Pro League is an important event for us to iron out the flaws in our execution ahead of the Olympics,” stated Harmanpreet.
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The skipper stated the Pro League won’t simply assist him asses his workforce’s preparations but additionally present cues into the rivals’ methods.
“We have Belgium and Argentina in our pool at the Olympics along with Australia, Ireland and New Zealand. We play Belgium and Argentina both in Antwerp.
Harmanpreet hoped that after finishing third in the last few seasons of the Pro League, his team would stake claim to the title this time around.
“In the past few seasons of the Pro League, we have finished at third position. It will be great to finish on top this time and we are quite optimistic about it,” he stated.
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