'Need to be stronger defensively': Harmanpreet after India’s eighth-place in WC

India's hockey skipper expressed regret implicit the team's eighth-place decorativeness astatine the World Cup, emphasizing the request for improved defence against elite rivals. Although showing committedness against Belgium, the wide result fell abbreviated of expectations. The squad's contiguous extremity is to seizure golden astatine the Asian Games, securing their spot successful the Los Angeles Olympics.