Fitness is key to any team's success in fast-paced modern-day hockey and the Indian men's national team can be rated among the top five.
The owners of the ship hijacked by pirates to Somalia on Thursday said all 22 crew members, including 18 Indians, were safe and a professional negotiator had been hired to secure their release. The ship, hijacked on September 15, is currently anchored at Eyl in Somalia.
Striker Gurwinder Singh Chandi failed to make the cut as Hockey India announced an 18-member squad, led by Sadar Singh, for the eight-nation Hero men's Champions Trophy, in Bhubaneswar, from December 6-14. Lalit Upadhyay, who was capped nine times earlier, has been drafted in place of Chandi in the squad, named by Hockey India selectors after trials at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in Delhi on November 18.
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