The Hague: India are in danger of choking on excessive nostalgia. We are talking about the Indian hockey team enjoying their first bit of bright sunshine before they take on Belgium tomorrow in their World Cup hockey opener.


Indian captain Sardar Singh. Pic/Getty Images 

If you look at the boys, they don't seem the kind who would love browsing hockey history on the web. But staring at stats is a definite pastime. Players are curious about numbers, goals, assists, misses, strikes, possession and the king of them all — head to head records.