India eyeing to break 15-year jinx at Junior Hockey World Cup
India eyeing to break 15-year jinx at Junior Hockey World Cup
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An impressive Indian group will expect to end their title dry spell traversing over 10 years and a half when they go up against minnows Canada in their opening gathering association fixture in the eleventh FIH Junior Hockey World Cup, beginning tomorrow. The last time when India won the lesser big showdown return in 2001 in Hobart, Australia. It was a side that gloated of value players like Gagan Ajit Singh, Deepak Thakur, Yuvraj Singh, Prabhjot Singh, every one of whom went on to speak to the senior national group with unique excellence.

German mentor Valentin Altenburg has officially proclaimed India to be one of the top contenders for the title. This is the second time that India is facilitating the men's junior World Cup in hockey, furthermore the second progressive time it is being held in India. New Delhi facilitated the last release in 2013, where Germany guaranteed their 6th title beating France 5-2 in the last. An aggregate of 16 groups has been put into four gatherings of four groups each. India is set in Pool D nearby Canada, England, and South Africa.

Ought to the home group complete in the main two of the gathering stages, which they are required to, they should confront one of the main two groups from Pool C, which includes safeguarding champions Germany, New Zealand, and Spain.

Other than the title triumph in 2001, Indias other outstanding outcomes in the Junior World Cup is a runner-up complete in the 1997 release of the occasion in Milton Keynes in the United Kingdom. It was a competition that included one of Indias then most encouraging junior Rajiv Mishra, a man whom the hockey society lost because of repeating wounds. Be that as it may, this time around India are handling one of the most grounded groups in the occasion which includes full internationals like commander Harjeet Singh, striker Mandeep Singh, shield and drag flicker  Harmanpreet Singh and goalkeeper Vikas Dahiya.

The Harendra Singh-trained side is additionally moving toward the World Cup on the back of a solid execution in a four-country invitational competition in Valencia in October, where they vanquished a solid field containing Germany, Belgium, and hosts Spain to develop successfully. Shield and drag-flick authority Varun Kumar and promising striker Armaan Qureishi were in a great scoring structure for India, with both contributing to objectives in the 5-2 win over Germany in the title conflict.

India are in like manner saw as a champion among the most experienced and balanced gathering in the World Cup with an extensive part of the players having done their claim to fame with the best of world hockey in the last three arrivals of the Hockey India League.

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