Thursday’s Junior Asia Cup triumph pushed India’s men’s hockey team to sole top spot with four titles and coach C.R. Kumar minced no words on how it was one of the motivations for the entire squad.
“We knew both India and Pakistan had three titles each. But Pakistan had won before 2000 and we have in recent times. For us winning has to be a priority all the time, it always adds to the confidence and we wanted to be on top. We are the leaders now and we want to always be leaders,” Kumar declared on Friday from Salalah.