Bengaluru, Aug. 9 -- Indian skipper Harmanpreet Singh spoke on the work the team has put into defence and attack alike ahead of the upcoming FIH Men's Hockey World Cup this month, saying that a lot of effort has been put into improving communication and penalty corner attack and defence.

The latest edition of the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup will be held from August 14 to 30 this year in Belgium and the Netherlands. India secured direct qualification to the tournament after winning the men's Asia Cup held on home soil last year.

Speaking in an interview with ANI, Harmanpreet said that the team has done a great deal of training in their camp in Bengaluru, improving their game attacking and defence-wise while being in their opponent's circl...