🔥With the FIH Hockey World Cup Belgium & Netherlands 2026 on the horizon, Team India is ready to fight for every inch, convert every chance, and chase the dream of bringing the cup home. 🇮🇳🫡🎥: Select 2 (SD+HD) +… pic.twitter.com/ARqZ7H8sBy — Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) August 6, 2026“Of course, it feels great to play my fourth World Cup, a very proud moment. It’s just been participation so far... we don’t have the one thing that we so desperately want,” Mandeep told The Hindu ahead of the World Cup. “The wait for a World Cup medal has been longer, 51 years! Which is why we are not even thinking of the Asian Games or anything else at the moment; full focus is on the World Cup,” he declared.