France wasn’t India’s first option as India headed into the home stretch of their preparations. 85 billion Euro mark — both English records in their own rights. Their forwards started the match on an attacking note and made some threatening sallies into the opposition half. However, when asked about being offered the role of chief executive last week, the veteran administrator had come on record. The selectors, however, will have to decide whether to have him as a captain or purely as an opening batsman. jan Shah being appointed as the SCA chief executive and then the matter concerning the players’ body whose president happens to be a longstanding governing body member and a selector to boot. Kim Clijsters of Belgium retired and had a child before coming back at age 26 and winning three grand slam titles. They scored both tackle and raid points and inflicted an all out on Patna with just two minutes to go in the match. The rest of the match saw Chandigarh Hockey Academy girls maintaining the pressure and defending the 1-0 lead to win the title. How he develops a working relationship with Gautam Gambhir — the team’s senior-most player— would be crucial to the team’s fortunes.