Indian males’s hockey workforce are all-set to tackle New Zealand within the opening recreation on the FIH Males’s Hockey Professional League 2022-2023 which will get underway on Friday on the iconic Kalinga Hockey Stadium, which can also be the venue for the most-awaited FIH Odisha Hockey Males’s World Cup Bhubaneswar-Rourkela 2023.
Speaking about their preparedness to tackle New Zealand in recreation no.1, Indian Males’s Hockey Chief Coach Graham Reid mentioned, “It’s been busy final couple of weeks getting ready for the 4 video games we’ll play within the Professional League and the five-matches in opposition to Australia in Adelaide in a Check Collection subsequent month.”
“All these matches are a part of our preparations for the World Cup. Our aim after all is to play our greatest hockey however we wish to be higher in our attacking, we wish to strive a couple of new issues in the best way we execute our assault. We’re trying ahead to those video games.”
Of their second match, India will tackle Spain on October 30. On the next week, India will play their second tie in opposition to New Zealand on November 4 and play Spain on November 6. “Final season went very effectively for us and the goal is to select up from the place we left within the earlier season,” expressed Captain Harmanpreet Singh who additionally occurs to be the highest scorer of the earlier season of FIH Professional League.
“Proper from the primary match we wish to construct the precise momentum into the brand new season. These are extraordinarily essential matches for us forward of the massive occasion in January,” Harmanpreet added.
Talking about going through India at house, New Zealand Head Coach Greg Nicol mentioned, “With the World Cup occurring right here within the subsequent few months, taking part in these away video games in Professional League matches in Odisha is a large plus so our gamers can perceive the environment and the circumstances right here.”
“India is performing persistently in all main tournaments, they did effectively within the Olympic Video games and the Commonwealth Video games. We have to be on prime of our recreation if need to do effectively in opposition to a workforce like India. Lacking out on the Professional League final yr was a giant setback, having Worldwide publicity is essential for us. However we don’t wish to look an excessive amount of into the previous and give attention to this season, we simply must work on going up the chain from being one of many bottom-ranked groups within the League,” Nicol added.
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