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Good riddance for Akashdeep. Please don't bring him back....ever. However, the lunacy of the selectors continues. Karthi (who has been arguably our best forward) is dropped for Lalit (who has been underwhelming for several years). I think I predicted he would be dropped whilst Mandeep would stay. Di...

Gold for Neeraj. Nadeem 2nd

Lost the final 6-1 to Germany! Results at this level can be very unpredictable but still, this doesn't bode well for the JWC.

Great comeback in Q3 & 4. Despite our ranking and spending, we have been cr*p in Asia. Our record is rather embarrassing, so good to win this tournament. I've only seen highlights of the final, so will pass judgement on the performance for now. Regarding Akashdeep: I have been a critic since abo...

Very good all round performance. Sumit's goal was brilliant. A clean sheet is always welcome. Let's hope we can take this level of play into the final.

Pakistan had enough chances in the previous games to make it into the semis, but today they were outclassed. How many times did we it the other way round? They did all the stupid stuff we used to do- dribble for the sake of showing, lose the ball and then stand around as huge gaps in their midfield ...

Managed to watch a live game after a long time. Very impressive win. Created lots of chances and gave away little in defence. Fulton seems to be quite a defensive coach. We are quite difficult to break down although against the top teams we may still concede or give away PCs, because (unlike Malaysi...

Women's tournament was going on at the same time. We won that one with two draws followed by two good wins. Men finished 3rd after an iffy start v Spain, 2 draws and today's win v Netherlands. I'm not sure if the Dutch were fielding their best team. This tournament was ideal for trying out new playe...

Not a good start losing to Spain. We'll do well to get anything out of the next 2 games. I notice that Abhishek, Dilpreet and Simranjeet have been dropped for the Asian CT. Varun and Akashdeep are back. The results will be predictable and the coach will be sacked. Early days, but Fulton hasn't reall...

Kill these stupid games. Really don't understand why African, Caribbean and Asian countries kowtow to the their colonial looters. Waste of time and money. Totally agree with Prasen's comments.

I watched Netherlands beat Australia 5-2 with a completely new squad (save 3-4 regulars). They also beat us twice. They looked very good. This shows their depth of talent, which is a result of the best domestic hockey infrastructure in the world. I know they lost 7-2 to Australia in their previous m...

We lost to Netherlands B team twice but beat Argentina in both matches. Post by ssp » Sat May 27, 2023 7:54 pm Once I saw the selection for this round of Pro League matches, I was fearing we would suffer 6 defeats against the Belgians, GB and Holland. So no surprises so far. I suppose losing only 2-...

Post by arjun2761 » Sun Jun 11, 2023 5:48 am If the Indian team has read SSP’s comments, they might be so fired up that they may actually win😀😀 It was all so predictable. The only surprise for me is that we got to 290+ in our 1st inns. Our batting is crap. I suspect Axar Patel is our best batter! O...

Korea were a bit better than us throughout. They missed a couple of really easy chances and their PCs were poor. We fought hard and took our chances and I'll take that any day. It was a good game overall. I thought we played better v Japan, but they didn't look as fit and fast as the Koreans. Our ta...

Surprised there will be a 5th day. What are the chances of going past lunch? Very low if (as expected a wicket is lost in the first 3-5 overs tomorrow morning). Stupid decision to bowl first, but even more stupid selection choices. All as expected. Unable to finish off the opposition tail and our la...