IOA boss Batra asks HI to explain team’s poor show

Narinder Batra. Pic/AFP

IOA President Narinder Batra, who also heads the International Hockey Federation, termed the Indian men's hockey team's performance in recent events as unacceptable and asked the national federation to explain the reasons behind it.

The team could not defend the Asian Champions Trophy title last year and then lost to France in a FIH Pro League tie in SA last week. "I have serious concerns about the way Indian men's hockey team has performed after Tokyo bronze medal," Batra said. "I would like to have your views. The way the team is performing is not acceptable," he added.

This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever