There is definitely pressure on Harmanpreet, but trying to divert it: Coach Reid

New Delhi, Jan 11 (PTI) India captain Harmanpreet Singh is one of the star attractions of the men’s hockey World Cup starting Friday because of his sheer calibre of penalty-corner conversions, but the team’s chief coach Graham Reid has worked upon plans to divert the attention from his key player.

Harmanpreet is currently regarded as one of the world’s finest penalty-corner exponents but Reid wants his other dragflickers — vice-captain Amit Rohidas, Varun Kumar and Nilam Sanjeep Xess — to share the responsibility with their skipper.

“I would be lying if I say that there isn’t pressure on him (Harmanpreet). We have been spending a lot of time on our variations and making sure that we can deflect some of the pressure from Harman,” Reid told

Source: PTI News

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