After leading the Indian side to a memorable World Cup winning victory, India's captain Harjeet Singh said the current team will "give a lot of joy" to the countrymen in near future.
A clinical India on Sunday defeated Belgium 2-1 in the summit clash to reclaim the title after a long gap of 15 year.
Harjeet thanked his teammates for the superb show and complemented the packed Major Dyan Chand Astroturf stadium here for support throughout the tournament.
"I would like to thank all the players who aimed to win this trophy. Everybody has put in a lot of hardwork under discipline. We all had one aim and we thankfully managed to achieve that today," an emotional Harjeet said at the post-match press conference.
"The crowd support gave us a lot of confidence but we played according to our structure which we have been implementing for the last two-and-a-half years. This team is going to give a lot of joy to you all in the future," said.
Harjeet said they approached the match as any other game and just concentrated on performing their duties on the turf.
"We all knew what we have to do in the field, everyone knew their duties. We just concentrated on that and played simple hockey. We played the final like a final."