FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023: Waiting for 47 years, the Indian hockey team is hoping for 'Chak De' at home

1975 was the last time the Hockey World Cup came to India. Since then, far from winning the trophy,

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India could not stay in the top three. After 2018, the Men's Hockey World Cup is once again in India

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From January 13 in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, 16 countries will compete for the trophy.

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In the 2018 Hockey World Cup, India had to exit from the last eight against the Netherlands.

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India has achieved one success after another on the stage of the Olympics,

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but India is a little behind on the stage of the world's best in hockey.

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India Full Squad: PR Sreejesh, Krishna Pathak, Surender Kumar,

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Harmanpreet Singh (captain), Varun Kumar, Amit Ruidas (vice-captain), Neelam Sanjeep Jess, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh,

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Neelkant Sharma, Samsher Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Akashdeep Singh, Mandeep Singh,

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Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Abhishek, Sukhjit Singh, Rajkumar Pal, Jugraj Singh.

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The 34-year-old goalkeeper PR Sreejesh was instrumental in India's success at the Tokyo Olympics.

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His trusty hand is the hope of Indians in the World Cup as well.

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His fourth career World Cup. Krishnan B Pathak is staying with him as the second keeper in the team.

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