The hockey shame India facing.

The recent withdrawal of hosting rights from Delhi for the Champions trophy can only be seen as one of the tightest slaps Indian reputation has recently received. The tussle started by government and largely due to one man ( my personal opinion ) Mr. KPS Gill between HI and IHF has taken a turn towards the ugly. There have been incidences of the two federations poaching players from each other since one has been given the responsibility of posting an Indian Hockey team which by a play of luck recently won a decent victory over South Korea. Despite everything, the earlier initiative of Premier Hockey League which was a very proactive and much needed step in the direction of improving Indian hockey ended up being discontinued for silly political and egoistic issues. Now the rekindling of similar initiatives is IHF with WSH coming soon. Just participating in the promotion event costed the top 5 players a lot of face and time. A recent news article about the lodging of Indian Hockey players by sports federations is also an example of the inadequacies the Indian sports infrastructure possesses. In a recent press conference on the WSH league that is about to start, the words of KPSG sounded like irony. It seemed that a man who by his mere and perennial presence in the IHF has led it to the abyss is trying to uplift his public image. I have been a serious fan and optimist for the Indian hockey, but the recent events have taken the actual to such a low that the optimism is fast loosing out.