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. “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. “The Indian wrestling team badly needs a foreign coach and a lot has been said and written over the past one year but there is no progress on that front. 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. Oltmans’ future was thrown into doubt in July after India’s dismal performance at the Hockey World League. h means Hamilton’s World Championship rival Sebastian Vettel, who managed only eighth for Ferrari, will start sixth. O’Keefe was impressive during this year’s Test series in India, capturing 19 wickets, including a match-winning 12-wicket haul in the first Test victory. “A period of 10 years was too long a period from a buyer’s perspective as well as seller’s perspective. Harbinder, however, denied rumours about any bad blood between John and Oltmans. ”TIRING OPPONENTSOxlade-Chamberlain might have relished that role after stating last week that he was leaving Arsenal for Liverpool in order to play in central midfield.