Senior players like Mandeep Singh, Akashdeep Singh and Amit Rohidas were not in the team while goalkeeper Krishan Pathak opted out due to his marriage. Besides, a few youngsters, who could not make it to the World Cup team, made a comeback. Add to it, they are without a head coach as Aussie Graham Reid had left after the showpiece event in Odisha while his successor Craig Fulton is expected to join the team only next month.
But all those factors hardly mattered when the Harmanpreet Singh-led side took the field at the Birsa Munda Stadium in Rourkela, Odisha for their first match against Germany on March 10 as they stunned the recently-crowned world champions 3-2. They then registered a 5-4 win over Australia before getting the better of Germany (6-3) again and jumping to the top of the table in the Pro League on Monday.
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