If hockey wants to go from being an old flame to a forever-love India needs to start winning. Watching them crumble against Spain was a nightmarish déjà vu. We were back in the early 1990s, where basics like trapping and passing had to be dealt with. As for tactics, ours were non existent. Spain took Arjun Halappa out of the game and waited. And then scored.
Everyone came out to back Indian hockey before the start of these world championships – especially the cricket fraternity. However, nothing works for the popularity of the sport like victory. Ask cricket.
Showing posts with label Hockey World Championships. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hockey World Championships. Show all posts
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
The flame is catching nicely
Hockey again.
C’mon, an old flame needs more bearing than just one post.
Vikram Pillay, scorer for India against Australia yesterday, comes from a Pune suburb called Khadki, a nursery for hockey (Dhanraj Pillay comes from here).
I was thrilled to see him score. A couple of us hacks at the old Pune rag I used to work for made a concerted effort to give hockey a new lease of life years ago. We regularly put hockey on the front page, especially Vikram. So, good to see him in action still. And this world cup is really cooking now.
C’mon, an old flame needs more bearing than just one post.
Vikram Pillay, scorer for India against Australia yesterday, comes from a Pune suburb called Khadki, a nursery for hockey (Dhanraj Pillay comes from here).
I was thrilled to see him score. A couple of us hacks at the old Pune rag I used to work for made a concerted effort to give hockey a new lease of life years ago. We regularly put hockey on the front page, especially Vikram. So, good to see him in action still. And this world cup is really cooking now.
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