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A disillusioned Hockey India President Dilip Tirkey on Monday stated captain Harmanpreet Singh’s “sudden drop in type” was a matter of concern, although lack of penalty nook objectives was not the only cause for the house aspect’s shock and untimely exit from the FIH Males’s World Cup in Bhubaneswar. India misplaced to New Zealand of their crossover match on Sunday within the penalty shootout after the 2 sides have been locked 3-Three on the finish of regulation time.
Tirkey stated any speak relating to change of coach and captain is untimely because the World Cup is occurring and India are to play within the ninth to 16th classification matches.
“Harmanpreet was doing very nicely within the FIH Professional League matches and within the (5 match) Australia sequence simply earlier than the World Cup. We had lots of expectation from him however all of a sudden dropping type within the World Cup is a matter of concern,” Tirkey, one of many most interesting penalty nook hitters of his time, instructed PTI in an unique interview.
“There are additionally some up and coming drag-flickers within the staff. Drag-flickers are essential in trendy hockey and we are going to plan accordingly,” added Tirkey, who had an extended assembly with the staff on Monday.
“Only one-and-half years again, we had gained a bronze within the Olympics after which not reaching the quarterfinals of the World Cup could be very disappointing.”
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Harmanpreet took most of India’s 26 penalty corners within the 4 matches, from which the staff scored simply 5 objectives.
Harmanpreet himself transformed simply two PCs.
“Finally, as I stated earlier additionally, if we do not rating extra objectives from penalty corners we are going to face points and that was what occurred yesterday,” Tirkey, a former India captain who has performed 412 worldwide matches, stated.
“The staff’s robust level was scoring from penalty corners. We had excessive expectation from Harmanpreet. However his flicks weren’t changing into objectives, and we noticed it from the primary match to the final. Not scoring from the PCs harm the staff lots.” Tirkey stated India had gifted the crossover match to New Zealand from a profitable place.
“We acquired sufficient alternatives to win the match in opposition to New Zealand. We have been main 3-1 and we might have completed higher within the defensive construction. After that within the shootout, each our goalkeepers did very nicely and gave us alternatives to win the match. However we missed the possibilities within the shootout additionally and misplaced the match.
“Kahi na kahi jita huwa match ko hum unko de diya hey (In some way, a match we should always have gained was gifted to them),” he stated.
Harmanpreet might have sealed the match for India in sudden demise however he wasted the prospect.
“We performed aggressive hockey and we acquired possibilities (in opposition to New Zealand). We acquired 10 PCs and we scored simply two from them, we might have scored extra,” Tirkey stated.
“Some gamers from whom we had lots of expectations, they in some way couldn’t carry out. All of us have accepted it.” Tirkey, top-of-the-line defenders of his technology, was additionally not proud of the efficiency of the defensive unit of the house aspect, of which Harmanpreet is the bulwark.
“If we discuss out defence, I really feel there was one thing lacking in our defensive construction, we might have completed higher (in opposition to New Zealand).
“We additionally felt the absence of Hardik Singh, he was performing very nicely and his harm harm us. However we might have gained the match with the gamers we have now.” Head coach Graham Reid stated on Sunday after the defeat in opposition to New Zealand that the staff wants a psychological conditioning coach going forward, and Tirkey stated Hockey India will do the needful. “Regardless of the staff wants, we’re able to do it. Regardless of the coach and the staff wanted, Hockey India has supplied them,” he stated.
Requested if there will likely be modifications within the place of coach or the captain, Tirkey stated, “We are going to see later. The World Cup is occurring and any dialogue on that’s not applicable.” India will play in opposition to Japan of their first classification match in Rourkela on January 26, earlier than taking up a yet-to-be-known opponent on January 28.
Tirkey stated the staff’s subsequent precedence is to do nicely within the Asian Video games, scheduled to be held this 12 months.
“Asian Video games is essential for us and that’s our precedence earlier than the Olympics subsequent 12 months,” he stated.
“Some gamers are out of the staff because of harm, they may come again. Some gamers won’t have carried out nicely because of stress. We are going to present the staff with a psychological conditioning coach and we are going to see.”
(This story has not been edited by Timesof24 workers and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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