Bengaluru: Ace drag-flicker VR Raghunath said the self belief which they had gained after winning the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games was responsible for the Indian men's hockey team's constant rise at the world stage in
the recent years.

"Ever since the Asian Games Gold in 2014, the team has started to believe in itself again. We never wanted to come down from that stage and only wanted to climb up. We had a ranking of 12-13 before 2014 but recently we were placed No.6 and currently we are ranked No.7 in the world," Raghunath said in the lead up to the Champions Trophy in London.