The spotlight will be on India’s Junior World Cup winners when Dabang Mumbai take on Ranchi Rays in the Hockey India League (HIL) opener at the Mahindra Stadium on Saturday. The hosts have five players who figured in India’s triumphant campaign last month, while Ranchi have four. With India chief coach Roelant Oltmans announcing that he would consider the juniors’ performance in HIL while picking his team, the players will be fancying their chances. READ | Hockey India League’s 5th edition a chance for juniors to establish credentialsMumbai coach Jay Stacy was confident the youngsters would make their mark. Harendra, whose balanced team will be one of the favourites, said all teams were capable of winning the title.

Source: Hindustan Times January 20, 2017 16:32 UTC