Indian men’s hockey team achieve their highest ever rankings
The Indian men’s team achieved their highest ever rankings of number 4 after impressive performances in debut Pro League season since its inception since 2003. It comes at the expense of 2016 Rio Olympics champions Argentina. Manpreet Singh led side had a great outing in first three rounds defeating Netherlands twice, Belgium and Australia once. In the matches they lost, Indian team gave a good fight and created pressure on the opponent teams with aggressive play. India started their Pro League campaign with 6-2 win over Netherlands in the first match played at Kalinga Stadium, Bhuvneshwar on 18 th . In the second leg, India were trailing 1-3 but came back strongly in the fourth quarter to level the scores at 3-3. In the penalty shootout, India won the match by 3-1. In the 2 nd match against Belgium played on 8 th February at Kalinga Stadium, Bhuvneshwar, India stunned runners up of Rio Olympics Belgium 2-1. India went down fighting against Belgium in 2 nd leg with a 2-3 ma...