India's Harmanpreet Singh (right) tries to get past Malaysia’s Tajuddin Tengku in London yesterday

Malaysia has always been a thorn in Indian hockey team's flesh and so it proved it again. A little over six weeks ago Malaysia beat India in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup and denied them a spot in the final and yesterday, they beat India 3-2 to deny them a place in the Hockey World League Semi-Finals. Malaysia for sure have India's number.