‘Pakistan, a nice challenge’: Indian hockey coach Craig Fulton

Updated On: 30 September, 2023 07:08 AM IST | Hangzhou | Ashwin Ferro

India hockey chief coach Craig Fulton believes today’s league clash with arch-rivals will be a good test as his team are undergoing rebuilding

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India’s players celebrate a goal against Singapore in Hangzhou on Tuesday. Pic/PTI

There’s something about India versus Pakistan hockey at multi-discipline events like the Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and the Olympics. That’s the reason despite the Indian shooting contingent consistently bagging medals galore on a daily basis, there is still anticipation among hockey aficionados ahead of Saturday’s league encounter between the arch-rivals here. This, despite there being a visible gulf between the two teams in the recent past—India are World No. 3 while Pakistan are a lowly 15th.

India in good form

So far, India have hammered Uzbekistan and Singapore by identical 16-0 scorelines before beating reigning champs Japan 4-2. Pakistan, meanwhile, romped to a 11-0 win over Singapore before beating Bangladesh 5-2 and thumping Uzbekistan 18-2.

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