BHUBANESWAR: The most obvious question since India's first match of the ongoing Men's Hockey World Cup has been: "Why hasn't the team been able to convert any of its penalty corners?" To make matters worse, drag-flick expert and captain Harmanpreet Singh missed a penalty stroke as well against Spain. India won 2-0, but that's not the context here.
The penalty corner (PC) story is one of the most riveting studies of this World Cup. The game between England and India saw 12 penalty corners -- none were scored off, as England pulled their hair on eight occasions to be 0/8.