Former India captain Dhanraj Pillay was utterly disappointed to learn that his good friend and men's team coach Harendra Singh had been removed from his position, following a statement released by Hockey India yesterday.

"This is very sad because I don't think there is any Indian better than Harendra to coach the men's team. But unfortunately, Indian hockey is not being run by Indians and that's the reason for this obsession with foreign coaches," Pillay told mid-day from Rajkot yesterday.