Mumbai: Despite a lack of match practise, exposure tournaments, and disrupted preparations due to Covid-19, Indian hockey senior team coach Graham Reid, who is also in charge of the juniors, is confident that the team will be able to defend the title they won in 2016 when they compete in the Junior World Cup in Bhubaneswar (BBS) from November 24 to November 28.
The information he gained throughout their matches with the senior team is the source of his confidence. In addition, all of the teams competing in the Junior World Cup will be in the same boat, as their preparations have been hampered by the Covid-19 pandemic, and none of them know anything about the other teams. Reid compared the circumstance to that which the Indian senior team faced before winning a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
"No one knows what the opposition looks like, and if you question any of the coaches, they will also respond that they have no notion. It was the same situation before the Tokyo Olympics, when we didn't know much about the other teams and decided to focus on what we could control. We've done the same thing with the junior squad as well "On Friday, he held a virtual press conference from Bhubaneswar.
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