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Forward Lalit Upadhyay is going to make a comeback in the Indian men’s hockey team during the upcoming tour to Belgium from September 26 to October 3. The Indian men’s team will play three games against Belgium and two against Spain in the tour ahead of the FIH Olympic Qualifiers in November.

Indian men's hockey team captain Manpreet Singh announced on Tuesday that his team will venture on a preparatory tour to Belgium for their Tokyo 2020 Olympics qualifier against Russia in November. The women’s team faces a tricky test in their qualifiers against the USA on the same date.

FIH is pondering over the idea to have India and Pakistan play their ties in Europe if they are drawn against each other in the Olympic qualifiers. Earlier, the PHF had managed to convince the FIH to grant them entry in the qualifiers after paying the 15,000$ first instalment of the fine.

Former India drag-flicker VR Raghunath feels that it is counterproductive to keep experimenting with different combinations for the national hockey team. Raghunath has recommended a core group of players training together continuously as India prepare for their Tokyo 2020 campaign.