A day after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee jointly announced the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games due to the growing concerns around the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indian Men and Women's Hockey team Captains expressed their disappointment but vowed to continue to stay committed to their goals.

Following the growing concerns around the COVID-19 pandemic and the announcement jointly made by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee today to postpone the Tokyo Olympic Games to 2021, Hockey India today confirmed that they will be working closely with the Chief Coaches of both the Indian Men's and Indian Women's Hockey teams in order to work out on a new suitable schedule for both the teams to keep the ongoing preparations on track for the quadrennial event.

With just 125 days to go until the Indian Men's and Women's Hockey Teams take the field against New Zealand and Netherlands respectively in their first match at the Tokyo Olympics, both sides are continuing to train hard amid the rise of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The Indian Women's Hockey Team's upswing in recent performance is thanks to a 'change in attitude' believes striker Navneet Kaur who played a vital role in team's tour to New Zealand earlier this year. She said, "Earlier, we feared playing against top teams like Great Britain, New Zealand and Australia. We lacked that match-winning confidence and this was perhaps why many teams even considered us as underdogs," explained Kaur.