President of Hockey India, Narinder Batra said, “Chhattisgarh has massive potential to produce brilliant hockey players and to promote the game here, Hockey India will be initiating moves for setting up an Academy in the State”.
Interacting with media persons on Monday at International Hockey Stadium in Raipur, Batra said to promote hockey as well as sharpen skills of budding players, a Hockey Academy will be set up in the State.
Moreover, for promotion of the game in Chhattisgarh, Hockey India is going to take requisite steps so that the State may get the opportunity of hosting matches of Junior World Cup and World Hockey league in 2017.
Expressing happiness over the arrangements and infrastructure developed here for matches of Hockey World league, Batra said “arrangements and facilities provided by the government and concerned authority in Chhattisgarh for hosting the international events are much better than the expectation and the demands tabled by us.”
“Ranking of Indian hockey team is improving and game is getting better. I always want the Indian team to be on top and it could be achieved with practice and experience for which Hockey India is frequently hosting matches for the team,” he said.