BHUBANESWAR: India's 48-year wait for another Hockey World Cup title will cross five decades. The sad part of India's history in the tournament has gotten sadder. While it puts into perspective what it takes to win the World Cup, Sunday at the Kalinga Stadium was also about the current team's mental block and resultant poor decision-making.
New Zealand sensed 11 nervous Indians in the last quarter when they were chasing the game 2-3 down. They not just scored the equaliser in the 50th minute to make it 3-3 but also continued to be the aggressor despite a man (Nick Ross) serving yellow-card suspension for five of the last six minutes and 15 seconds on the clock.
