We are not taking Poland lightly: India captain Sardar Singh

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Sardar Singh 2New Delhi: After winning the first match in the Fintro Hockey World League Semi-Final 2015, the India Men Team is looking to register their second win against Poland, which will be played on 23 June 2015 at Antwerp, Belgium. This will be their first clash of the teams in the FIH Hockey World League and both the teams will compete against each other to earn full points from the match.

Gaining confidence from the first match, India will not take FIH Rank # 17 Poland lightly as they stunned India on a few occasions in the past and the Polish Team has some key players who have the ability to hold the opponent with a draw score-line. In the last encounter in Sydney Olympics 2000, India was leading the crucial league match by 1-0 and was almost close to seal their place in the Semi-Final, when Poland’s Tomasz Cichy scored an equaliser in the dying moment and restricted India the opportunity to qualify for the Semis. That was a disheartening instance for Indian team and this time, the Sardar Singh-led national team is committed to not to give any chance to the Polish players to repeat the result.