In 2015, he was made the chief coach after Van Ass was sacked following a tiff with then Hockey India president Narinder Batra. ys’ grand slam title at US OpenUS Open 2017: This has been one of the best seasons of my career, says Rafael NadalFabio Fognini was suspended from the U. Bangladesh came agonisingly close to beating England in Chittagong last year when they needed 33 runs on the fifth day with two wickets in hand. Oltmans’ future was thrown into doubt in July after India’s dismal performance at the Hockey World League. The players alleged that Oltmans ‘favoured a couple of players’ despite their poor form, which affected the morale of the team. 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. Johri also explained the reason why the period of rights has been reduced from 10 years to five years. “We have good attacking players but we need someone in the middle of the park who can spray the passes, switch the play quickly and play at a tempo that Gareth likes. But she has responded to the decision by the US Tennis Association by knocking out world number two . “I don’t think it was the right moment to take this decision.