Captain Rohit confident of India putting up a good show

Captain Rohit, a almighty dragflicker and a fearless rusher, is assured of India putting up a bully amusement successful the FIH inferior men’s hockey World Cup to beryllium held present and successful Madurai from November 28 to December 10.

In his 2nd and past stint with the National inferior team, the 21-year-old from Haryana is excited to play successful beforehand of location crowd.

“I’m feeling bully due to the fact that we are playing successful beforehand of the location crowd. As a sportsman, grooming and enactment has ever been good. I’m besides excited due to the fact that the different teams travel nether pressure,” helium said.

Though Rohit has been with the inferior squad since 2022, winning golden medals successful the Asia Cup successful 2023 and 2024 and the Sultan of Johor Cup successful 2022, helium was chosen arsenic the skipper up of rather a fewer seniors.

Head manager P.R. Sreejesh defended the decision, terming it arsenic a corporate one.

“He is 1 of the iconic players and 1 of the astir recognised players successful the team. He is portion of the enactment radical with 4 others who respect each other. When it comes to captaincy, I asked my players who they would pick, and astir of them chose Rohit,” said the erstwhile India goalkeeper.

For Rohit, hailing from Dabra colony successful Hisar territory of Haryana, unit is not thing to fearfulness but thing to consciousness liable about.

“As a dragflicker, I person to people whenever the squad needs maine and I consciousness responsible. When the squad is losing, I person to archer the players to beryllium much active.”

Rohit said playing with the elder India squad successful the campy astatine Bengaluru precocious showed the existent meaning of unit and taught the squad however to woody with it.

“We played 4 matches with the seniors. We won immoderate and mislaid some. The seniors are speedy and enactment a batch of pressure. The quarterfinals and semifinals of the Junior World Cup present volition beryllium similar that and we are prepared.”