"India will not participate at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. Our high performance director Roelant Oltmans and chief coach Terry Walsh have decided that we need to prepare keeping the World Cup in mind," Hockey India Secretary General Narinder Batra told reporters here.
The World Cup will be held at the Hague, Netherlands, from May 31 to June 15.
"Our team will be playing a tournament in Europe as a build up for the World Cup. Our players need to acclimatise to the European conditions before the World Cup starts. Keeping these factors in mind, we decided not to send the team to Malaysia," he said.
So far, four teams -- Australia, South Korea, Canada and France -- have confirmed their entry along with Malaysia in the annual invitational tournament.
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