India coming second in the pool means that they will have to play the crossover match against New Zealand on Sunday in order to qualify for the quarter-final.
If India top their pool then they will not have to play the cross over match and moreover they will face a relatively easier opponent in quarter-final.
Hockey player Manpreet Singh and badminton star PV Sindhu were the flag bearers of the Indian contingent at the Commonwealth Games 2022 opening ceremony.
Sports Minister Anurag Thakur also inaugurated hostels dedicated to India's legendary hockey player Major Dhyanchand and sprinter PT Usha, which have been renovated and upgraded at a total cost of 5.25 crore.
Considered to be one of the biggest driving forces in the Indian Men's Hockey Team during his playing days, Sardar Singh played his first ever Senior Men's World Cup on home turf in 2010, in New Delhi
The 16 teams competing in the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela from January 13-29 are Australia, Belgium, Netherlands, India, Argentina, Germany, New Zealand, England, France, Korea, Malaysia, Spain, South Africa, Japan, Chile, and Wales
Lugun was a former under-17 hockey player for India and belongs to Ladlada village in the Rairakhol block of Sambalpur district of Odisha. She had played championships at district, state and national level
Amit, who hails from Odisha itself, says that playing the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023, Bhubaneswar and Rourkela on home turf is an emotional affair, and added that the fanfare and love the Indian Men's Hockey Team receives is unparalleled
HarperCollins Publishers India and the former Indian national women's hockey coach Sjoerd Marijne were restrained from publishing hockey players' confidential information.