"The MRI was much better than what we have hoped … gives us bit of hope for him to be playing again in this tournament. It was certainly better than what we had thought," Coach Graham Reid told a crowded press conference this evening.

Asked why Indians are finding it hard to score the field or penalty corner goals, Reid said " Well we have created lot of opportunities, lot of opening, yes we have not been able to convert them into goals, we are working on this area, but I would have been worried if we were not creating the chances. It is a huge competition and the other teams are also well prepared and drilled."

He admitted that non conversion of penalty corners is area of concern but explained that "What we are seeing is next generation of Penalty corner defence, that is what have come to see with video analysis. I think what happens in World Cup or such big games you end up with a team that is well drilled, because everyone is together and trying to work around. In such major tournaments, every team has best rushers and they have well defined role to foil the PC.”

About tomorrow's match, he agreed that "It's probably advantageous knowing what your objective is. We are playing after England-Spain match so we will now what our target will be" but added "However, I don't think we need to get transfixed t it. It will be dangerous, so we will play normal game, move the ball around, play simple. No need to continuously worry, My message will be keep it simple, stay patient...Wales is a very good team.

Captain Harmanpreet Singh was candid enough to admit that team is not scoring off penalty corners "It's a good opportunity to score goal of penalty corners but you are right we are not able to convert them, hopefully in coming matches...we will try to score off and hope for proper execution on variations.

He also was not forthcoming about Hardik's condition saying "When we get that update (of what we need to do), it is better. But our focus is to play our best. We are prepared. Focus is on winning ... but not playing differently.