Men’s hockey team leave for Asian Champions Trophy

New Delhi: The 18-member Indian men's hockey team, led by midfielder Manpreet Singh, on Monday left for the 5th Hero Asian Champions Trophy, starting October 18 in Muscat.

World No. 5 India will begin their campaign against host Oman before taking on Malaysia, Pakistan, South Korea, and Japan. Speaking ahead of the team's departure, captain Manpreet Singh said:

"We have had a tough few months as we could not achieve our target of winning the Gold Medal at the 18th Asian Games, but it is time now for all of us to rejuvenate ourselves and prepare well for the Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018." The Indian team will go into the 5th Men's Hero Asian Champions Trophy Muscat 2018 as the Defending Champions. IANS