Goalkeeper plays a vital role hockey and one of Harjot Singh and Sushant Tirkey – India’s goalkeepers in the U-21 team – will be take up this responsible under the bar in the Junior World Cup, starting here on Friday.
India’s goalkeeping coach Dave Staniforth, who knows the importance of goalkeepers, has been working hard with them. He is impressed with the improvement that the duo has shown in all aspects of their trade in last few weeks.
"Both are talented and both are unique. Both have different areas of strengths and weaknesses. Especially for the WC, they are excited about taking the responsibility. They have improved physically, skill-wise and psychologically, they are confident of doing well in crunch moments. I think they are ready for the challenge," he said.
However, the South African refused to name the first preference. "They are pushing each other hard and that is a good sign for India. While the team is having two practice sessions daily. They are quite eager to learn,” he said.