Hockey India, the sport’s governing body, decided to sack him following a three-day meeting of its 24-member High Performance and Development Committee. “It gives me great happiness because I was welcomed here with open arms by everyone at the club and the supporters right from my first day. eliver better results than Roelant Oltmans as interim coach after the Dutchman was sacked as chief coach of the men’s national team following a string of unimpressive showings. John will take charge of the men’s team as interim coach after Hockey India today sacked Oltmans despite a largely successful four-and-half-years stint in India. Although the 25-year-old has not spoken publicly after failing to secure his desired move. The player informed the committee during the meeting that there was a disquiet within the team. They’ll be happy today,” they say accusingly, adding that at the next Worlds in Nanjing, China, they’ll root for the Indian. The only previous time they played a Test there, in 2006, the visitors won by an innings and 80 runs with nightwatchman Jason Gillespie scoring an unbeaten double century. He had defeated Japan’s Hikaru Minegishi 21-15 19-21 21-11 early in the day. When he took over as the chief coach in August 2015, Oltmans insisted he could succeed where none of his predecessors had.