BHUBANESWAR: A day after the news of his absence from India's last pool game at the Hockey World Cup, star midfielder Hardik Singh's suspected hamstring injury has turned out to be a "mild strain" and he is expected to return to action during the knockout rounds.
Hardik was helped off the pitch in the last quarter of India's goal-less draw against England last Sunday. But when the news of him missing the crucial next match against Wales filtered in, India's World Cup campaign seemed to have received a jolt.
