The penalty-corner specialist is expected to fill the void left by Jugraj Singh.
Three years after he resigned as national women's hockey coach on charges of sexual harassment only to be absolved later, Maharaj Krishan Kaushik feels vindicated after Hockey India nominated him to assist Indian men's team coach Michael Nobbs till the 2016 Rio Olympics.
A traditional rivalry will take centre stage when India take on Pakistan in the semi-finals of the Under-18 Asia Cup hockey tournament in Dhaka, on Thursday.
Under Manpreet's captaincy, the Indian team has achieved important milestones,
National hockey coach Rajinder Singh said it was too early to say whether the penalty corner expert would be picked in the Olympics team.
India frittered away a 3-0 lead in the third women's Test between the two countries.
Dinesh Nayak replaced injured Jugraj Singh in the 18-member Indian team which was announced in New Delhi on Saturday for the Asia Cup hockey tournament starting in Malaysia from September 21.
The Pakistani hockey team booked a place at next year's World Cup in India by winning a qualifying tournament in France at the weekend.
Harendra Singh, who was conferred the Dronacharya award in 2012, served as chief coach of the senior India men's hockey team from 2017 to 2018. Before that, he was also in charge of the Indian women's team for some time.
In another match, Malaysia beat Sri Lanka 6-0 on the opening day of the Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament.
Rani Rampal led the team to historic victories in the Women's Asia Cup in 2017, silver at the 2018 Asian Games and played a critical role in the FIH Olympic Qualifiers in 2019 by scoring the deciding goal that helped India qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
Prabodh Tirkey will lead the 18-member Indian team at the Asia Cup in Chennai.
World Cup-winning junior coach Harendra Singh is set to apply for the vacant senior men's team coach and feels he is best suited for the role.
India's junior female hockey players were in for a surprise as the country's ODI cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni met them.
The camp for the Asia Cup will now commence from Tuesday.
Dutchman Herman Kruis became the first foreign coach of the Indian women's hockey team.
the Karnataka govt announced a reward of Rs two lakh to each of the four hockey players and a coach from the state, who were part of the Asia Cup winning Indian team, hours after national coach Joaquim Carvalho threatended to go on a hunger strike.
The Federation has apparently warned the players that talking to the media could cost them a place in the team.\n\n
The penalty-corner ace starred in India's 17-1 rout of Sri Lanka in the Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament.
The Indian women's team has made rapid strides at the world level with significant performances in major tournaments
India will open their title defence campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan in the eighth Asia Cup hockey tournament in Malaysia on Sunday after the schedule of the event was revised following Sri Lanka's last-minute pull out.
Coach Rajinder Singh is hoping his forwards come good in the semi-final of the Asia Cup.
High on confidence after their good start to the tournament, India are expecting to log at least a point to inch towards the semifinals when they take on formidable China in their Women's Asia Cup hockey match in Bangkok on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the national cricket team and the junior hockey side for their recent successes, saying that their performances have done done the country proud. In his 'Mann Ki Baat' address to the nation, Modi appreciated the sporting success that India has achieved in the past fortnight during which the cricket team routed England 4-0 in a Test series while the junior hockey team became world champion.
India edged out Malaysia 5-2, while Pakistan registered a 7-3 win over South Korea in the Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament.
Overall, the record stands 1-1 between the two sides as Pakistan had the last laugh in the 2006 Games in Melbourne.
Malaysia beat Singapore 8-0 while Bangladesh crushed Thailand 13-0 on the opening day of Asia Cup hockey.
Drag-flicker Diwakar Ram continued his fine form and scored a brace to give India a comfortable 3-1 victory over Malaysia and place in the semi-finals of the men's junior Asia Cup hockey tournament, at the Gachibowli stadium in Hyderabad on Saturday.
India posted a comfortable 10-0 win over Bangladesh, while South Korea beat Chinese Taipei 8-2 in the Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament.
Kazakhstan finished fifth in the 5th Women's Asia Cup hockey tournament in New Delhi.
Malaysia beat Japan 5-3 in the third place play-off to win their maiden medal at the Asia Cup.
India went down 2-4 to China in the league match of the women's Asia Cup hockey tournament.
India beat Singapore 16-0 to top Pool A in the women's Asia Cup hockey tournament.
India beat Korea 3-2 in a Pool B match at the seventh BSNL Asia Cup hockey tournament.
The Indian women's hockey team beat Thailand 16-0 in the Asia Cup in Hong Kong.
India will look to keep their winning momentum when they take on Korea in Asia Cup hockey on Monday.
The team wants to practice under floodlights as all the Asia Cup matches will be held at night.
Singapore, Malaysia have accused India of fielding over-age players in the ongoing Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament in Hyderabad.
