A assured Indian males's hockey workforce is seeking to put brakes on Australia's golden run on the upcoming Commonwealth Video games, vice-captain Harmanpreet Singh mentioned on Friday.
Australia has gained all of the six gold medals on supply within the males's competitors because the sport's introduction on the multi-sport occasion in Kuala Lumpur in 1998.
However Harmanpreet exuded confidence that his workforce will have the ability to buck the development in Birmingham.
"Our workforce has been performing nicely. We performed nicely in FIH Hockey Professional League as nicely and due to this fact the arrogance is excessive inside the group. We'll look to maintain profitable matches. We will certainly attempt our stage greatest to win gold on the Commonwealth Video games 2022," he mentioned.
"Our preparations for the Commonwealth Video games are occurring very nicely. We're engaged on particular points of our sport throughout our coaching periods and we're specializing in the learnings from the FIH Hockey Professional League."
The ace drag-flicker mentioned ending and defence stays a priority for India however they're consistently working to plug holes in these two areas.
"We're particularly engaged on our ending and defending expertise in the meanwhile. Total, we're hitting the best notes within the apply periods. We'll simply hold working onerous on our sport and attempt to hold getting higher daily as a workforce," Harmanpreet mentioned.
"We have now been taking part in apply matches throughout our coaching periods. Our most important workforce has been taking part in in opposition to the remainder of the gamers within the nationwide camp.
"The apply matches have helped us enhance our on-field coordination and likewise supplied us with a chance to check our methods," he added.
