Indian men’s hockey team leaves for Asian Games with the aim of medal – Dainik Savera Times
Bengaluru: India’s men’s hockey team leaves for Hangzhou with an aim to continue its impressive performance in the Asian Games starting on September 23. India will start its campaign against Uzbekistan on 24th September. India have been placed in Pool A along with Pakistan, Japan, Bangladesh, Singapore and Uzbekistan. Pool B includes Korea, Malaysia, China, Oman, Thailand and Indonesia. The top two teams from each pool will make it to the semi-finals.
Harmanpreet Singh will once again lead the team while Hardik Singh will play the role of vice-captain. Before the departure of the team, Harmanpreet said, “The team has worked hard for the Asian Games and we have performed well at the recently concluded Asian Champions in Chennai. Had performed well in the trophy also. Our aim is to maintain this level of performance.” He said, ”We will face some tough opponents in our pool but we are confident of our preparation and we are hopeful that we will be successful in reaching the podium. ”
The team includes goalkeepers PR Sreejesh and Krishna Pathak. Varun Kumar, Amit Rohidas, Jarmanpreet Singh, Harmanpreet Singh and Sanjay will handle the responsibility of the defense line. In the middle line, Neelkant Sharma, Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Sumit and Shamsher Singh while in the front line, Abhishek, Gurjant Singh, Mandeep Singh. , Sukhjit Singh and Lalit Kumar Upadhyay. Vice-captain Hardik said, “We took part in some rigorous practice sessions before the tournament and everyone prepared with one goal in mind.
We are in the best condition mentally and physically. Our aim is to maintain our good performance in recent months and return from China with a medal.” After the opening encounter with Uzbekistan, India will face Singapore on September 26, Japan on September 28 and Pakistan on September 30. He will play his last match of the group stage against Bangladesh on October 2.
