Bhubaneswar: The upcoming Asian Champions Cup in Dhaka will be the perfect platform for suburban players to show off their talents and risk claims in the first team, said the Indian men’s hockey team, Manpreet Singh captain.
The tournament, originally scheduled to be held last year, has been postponed several times because of the Pandemic Covid-19, and now it will be played from 14 to 22 December.
It will be the first sightsee of India after a historic team of victory victory victory campaign.
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The Singh-LED Manpreet side will be without eight players from Squad Tokyo Games, including people like Veteran Pr Sreejesh who have been rested, “with nearly 10 players who are part of the Tokyo Olympic forces who are resting, this is fantastic.
Opportunity for players Who has waited on the sidelines to get the opportunity to appear in the main international tournament.
This will be a good platform for them to show off their talents and temperaments, “Manpeet said before leaving for Dhaka on Friday.
Defending Indian champions will begin their campaign on the opening day against Korea before locking horns against Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan and organizing Bangladesh in a single pool tournament for the top award.
“This is our first sightseeing after the Tokyo Olympics so of course there is a lot of excitement among the players.
We have a good training camp in Bhubaneswar and I feel because the weather here is very similar to Dhaka, we won’t do it for a long time to adjust , “Captain said.
“It will be a good tournament not only in terms of competition but also to understand the ability of other teams.
We assess the progress of other Asian countries ahead of a very important Asian match and the Asian Cup next year, ‘Ace mid-Fielder.
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After Korea, India will play Bangladesh on December 15, followed by the match against the Pakistani Arch-Rivals on December 17, Malaysia on December 18 and Japan on December 19.
Four teams from the pond stage will develop into the semi-finals to play on December 21 followed by The Clash title on December 22.
In the previous edition of the event held at the Muscat in 2018, India jointly raised the title along with Pakistan as Hassant.