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Preparation for Hamburg tournament begins
New Delhi, June 17: Striker Deepak Thakur, eyeing to make a comeback after a brief lay-off due to injury, was among the probables who started their preparations for the four- nation hockey tournament in Hamburg in right earnest at the national stadium here today.
India, who will embark on a week-long tour of Hamburg on June 23, will open their campaign with a match against Argentina on June 27. They will take on world champions Germany on June 28 and meet Spain the next day.
"We have to achieve excellence in all the departments of
the game to emerge victorious against good teams like
Australia and Germany", Rajinder Singh said.
Aware that the Hamburg tournament will be India's last
outing before the prestigious Champions trophy in August, the
chief coach said he would like to give enough exposure to all
the players.
"With Champions trophy less than two months to go, we are
taking the Germany meet seriously. We are certainly not going
to make too many changes to the side that played so well in
Australia".
Bureau Report