India upbeat about taking on Australia in hockey Test series

Raipur: India take on Australia in a three match series with the first match being played in Rajnadgaon on Thursday, 19th November 2015. India takes on the world leaders Australia in the second and third match on the 22nd and 23rd November 2015 in the recently inaugurated Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel International Stadium at Raipur.

“We have had a couple of good training sessions and the boys are looking forward to take on Australia in the test series. They are a formidable team and we are confident of putting on a good show in front of the home crowd.” said Director High Performance and Chief Coach Indian Men Team, Roelant Oltmans.

Largely billed as a warm up series before the all-important Hero Hockey World League Finals at Raipur from the 27th November till the 6th December 2015 the test series will give both the teams much needed match practice, test bench strength and try out strategies besides a first-hand use of the newly laid pitch at the Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel International Stadium at Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

India play Australia in the first of the three match series tomorrow at 1500 hrs at Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The match will be telecasted LIVE & Exclusive on Star Sports.

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