"Support Us In Our Bad Times Too": India Hockey Captain Harmanpreet Singh On NDTV After Olympic Heroics
Hockey's emotional connection with India and its sports lovers is such that it would not be off the mark to call it the 'most beloved sport' in the country. For years, India's dominance in hockey at the global level saw millions getting hooked on it. Then, there came a lean period, a dark phase when all seemed lost. A team that had once won eight gold medals at the Olympics, could not even qualify for the quadrennial extravaganza in the 2008 edition. But Indian hockey is past that phase, and the Paris Olympics 2024 was a strong example of it.


