New Delhi<\/p>\n
Former India hockey captain Sardar Singh has said that that former coach Sjoerd Marijne and current high performance director David John forced him into retirement in September.<\/p>\n
The veteran singled out an incident which took place last year during India\u2019s triumphant campaign in the Asia Cup in Dhaka, where he was called to John\u2019s room in the presence of Marijne.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was called to his room just before the match against Pakistan in Asia Cup. The coach was also there. He said I committed mistakes and I was playing a lot of individual game,\u201d Sardar said. \u201cJust before an important match I was called to tell this. You could imagine how I was feeling, he could have told me later.\u201d<\/p>\n
After the Asian Games ended in September, Sardar was not named in the list of the probables for the Asian Champions Trophy in Oman, forcing him to think about his future.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was dropped from important tournaments, the World Hockey League and Commonwealth Games. I thought I will be brought back, I was sent with a junior team in Malaysia,\u201d he said. \u201cI slowly began questioning myself, what is going on. After Asian Games, I was thinking of continuing till the 2020 Olympics. I was very fit, one of the fittest in the team. But then I decided to quit .\u201d<\/p>\n
Sardar also said that he was not told the reasons each time he was left out. \u201cThere was a lot of change of players. It is all right if you change 2-3 players but you are making so many changes before important tournaments,\u201d the star midfielder said. \u201cMoreover, you have to tell the reasons to the players. Sadly, it was not done.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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