Ties Kruize (Dutch Hockey Legend) says he was looking forward to coming to India but the crowd response has left him disappointed. “I love this country but in all our games, we have had about 400 spectators of whom a 100 were Dutch. But I don’t blame the locals. In Holland, we have a simple logic – give the crowds a good result and they will love the game,” he says, adding that there are 225,000 registered hockey players in Holland – a country that has 350 clubs and 900 astro turfs. India, however, is not a lost case, said Kruise. “They (Indian players) appear under pressure to perform.
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