Holland tour helped us identify weaknesses: Sardar

Indian hockey captain Sardar Singh says the recent tour of the Netherlands has helped the team identify its weaknesses ahead of the World League Round III to be held next month.
"It was a good tour and Roelant Oltmans, Indian Hockey's director high performance, made it sure that we got to play against best clubs. We have learnt a lot on this tour . In fact we have identified our weaknesses and now will work harder on them," said the veteran midfielder.
After beating the Netherlands 2-0 in the first match of the tour, India notched up their second consecutive win over the hosts in Rotterdam. Before that they also played five matches against top Dutch clubs and won two of them while one match was draw.

The tour was part of the preparations for the FIH Men's Hockey World League Round III (Semi-final) to be played at Rotterdam from June 13-23.
Apart from India, the Netherlands, Australia, Spain, New Zealand and Ireland will take part in this round where three or four quota place will be decided for the finals.
"We defeated the Netherlands after a long time and this enhanced our confidence level. We also played against top Dutch clubs which included several top international players. We tried to match them in aggression and pace," he said.