Goal is to win gold in Birmingham CWG: India males’s hockey workforce VC Harmanpreet Singh

A assured Indian males’s hockey workforce is trying to put brakes on Australia’s golden run on the upcoming Commonwealth Games, vice-captain Harmanpreet Singh mentioned on Friday.

Australia has gained all of the six gold medals on supply within the males’s competitors for the reason that recreation’s introduction on the multi-sport occasion in Kuala Lumpur in 1998.

But Harmanpreet exuded confidence that his workforce will have the ability to buck the development in Birmingham.

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“Our team has been performing well. We played well in FIH Hockey Pro League as well and therefore the confidence is high within the group. We will look to keep winning matches. We will definitely try our level best to win gold at the Commonwealth Games 2022,” he mentioned.

“Our preparations for the Commonwealth Games are going on very well. We are working on specific aspects of our game during our training sessions and we are focusing on the learnings from the FIH Hockey Pro League.”

The ace drag-flicker mentioned ending and defence stays a priority for India however they’re always working to plug holes in these two areas.

“We are specifically working on our finishing and defending skills at the moment. Overall, we are hitting the right notes in the practice sessions. We’ll just keep working hard on our game and try to keep getting better day by day as a team.”

“We have been taking part in follow matches throughout our coaching periods. Our major workforce has been taking part in in opposition to the remainder of the gamers within the nationwide camp.

“The practice matches have helped us improve our on-field coordination and also provided us with an opportunity to test our strategies,” he added.