This is not a fun tournament to play, Janneke Schopman says with a smile. Going by the emotional rollercoaster of the Indian team's first couple of days at the FIH Women’s Hockey Olympic Qualifiers in Ranchi, it's evident why. The two games here almost epitomise the fluctuations between this Indian team’s quality on a good day and struggles on a …
If what has happened in Indian hockey over the last two years – the utter and total banishment, the cold shouldering of an all-time great – had happened in Indian men’s cricket, apocalypse would have arrived. It is what has happened to former India women’s hockey captain Rani Rampal; without notice, communication or a squeak over the last two years. …
